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Re:A New Bridge Links the Math of Infinity to Computer Science by zkmon on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:52AM (#46055506)
It doesn't mean anything because, with arbitrary zooming for precision, every real number is a fraction. You can't ask for infinite zooming. There is no such thing.

So, let's inspect pi. It's a fraction, precision of which depends on how much you zoom in on it. You can take it as a constant just for having a name for it.

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Re:A New Bridge Links the Math of Infinity to Computer Science by veltas on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @04:13AM (#46055651)
Hi if you noticed, I never said anything about 'infinite zooming', instead I said I can write them all on the paper, which I can.

The zooming is finite for every fraction.

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Re:A New Bridge Links the Math of Infinity to Computer Science by zkmon on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @04:56AM (#46055889)
If infinite zooming/precision is ruled out, all real numbers can be written as fractions. Problem is with the assumption that some numbers such as pi or sqrt(2) can have absolute and full precision.
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Re:A New Bridge Links the Math of Infinity to Computer Science by veltas on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @07:35AM (#46056808)
> If infinite zooming/precision is ruled out, all real numbers can be written as fractions.

How?

> Problem is with the assumption that some numbers such as pi or sqrt(2) can have absolute and full precision.

That's the least of your problems, I couldn't even draw different sized splodges per real number.

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