Re:Lies My Calculator and Computer Told Me [pdf]
by repiret on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:37AM
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In what way do they behave like ranges?
I generally prefer to think of them as they are: able to represent a subset of the rationals, plus a couple other weird values, but not a field, and importantly, not obeying any of the usual algebraic laws with arithmetic.
I generally prefer to think of them as they are: able to represent a subset of the rationals, plus a couple other weird values, but not a field, and importantly, not obeying any of the usual algebraic laws with arithmetic.