Re:0.999...= 1
by lmkg on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:58PM
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You can't fix irrationals by changing base. But, there are other approaches.
Continued fractions give very approachable representations for common irrational numbers like e and sqrt(2). While π doesn't have a good continued fraction, it has some very well-behaved generalized continued fractions.
Continued fractions give very approachable representations for common irrational numbers like e and sqrt(2). While π doesn't have a good continued fraction, it has some very well-behaved generalized continued fractions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction