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Re:0.999...= 1 by brlewis on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:32PM (#23009483)
Whatever base you use, it will only be useful for rationals. You can't use any base to significantly improve the representation of pi. In base 7, 3.1 would be a nice approximation, but you can't go beyond approximations.
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Re:0.999...= 1 by hansvm on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:29PM (#23011549)
It doesn't have a terrible representation in base pi ;)
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Re:0.999...= 1 by brlewis on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:50PM (#23011814)
;) As someone fond of integers, I can't advocate base pi.
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