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Re:How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number by staunton on Friday June 21, 2024 @01:08PM (#40751572)
> it is only possible to describe 0% of the rational numbers between 0 and 1 with text

It is possible to describe 100% of the rational numbers with text. You describe the numerator, make a space, then describe the denominator. The length of the text document depends on the number described and can be arbitrarily long.

Re:How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number by crdrost on Friday June 21, 2024 @01:25PM (#40751738)
Sorry, phone autocorrected “irational” to “rational” rather than “irrational.” fixed!