← Back to context Comment by tantalor 7 hours ago Pick a digit, repeat, don't stop. 4 comments tantalor Reply markusde 7 hours ago Exactly right. You can pick and use real numbers, as long as they are only queried to finite precision. There are lots of super cool algorithms for doing this! jibal 2 hours ago That's just saying that you can pick and use rational numbers (which are a subset of the reals.) jibal 2 hours ago At no point will your number be transcendental (or even irrational). techas 3 hours ago And don’t die.
markusde 7 hours ago Exactly right. You can pick and use real numbers, as long as they are only queried to finite precision. There are lots of super cool algorithms for doing this! jibal 2 hours ago That's just saying that you can pick and use rational numbers (which are a subset of the reals.)
jibal 2 hours ago That's just saying that you can pick and use rational numbers (which are a subset of the reals.)
Exactly right. You can pick and use real numbers, as long as they are only queried to finite precision. There are lots of super cool algorithms for doing this!
That's just saying that you can pick and use rational numbers (which are a subset of the reals.)
At no point will your number be transcendental (or even irrational).
And don’t die.