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wu :: forums    riddles    general problem-solving / chatting / whatever (Moderators: ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, Eigenray, william wu, towr, SMQ, Icarus)    what's . in base n « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: what's . in base n  (Read 862 times) Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 what's . in base n   « on: Apr 15th, 2008, 7:14pm » Quote Modify It all started as a stupid pun.   What's: 3.1103755200...?   But that raised an more curious question for me. What are non -integer numbers called in bases other than base ten? And what's the . called? Huh. No-one here knew a good answer...   Double huh. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: what's . in base n   « Reply #1 on: Apr 20th, 2008, 8:01pm » Quote Modify well....    I took 3.11037... to be Octal Pi.   and borrowing the format of "decimal" then non integers would be "N-imals".   Awfully sorry. I'll slink away again... « Last Edit: Apr 20th, 2008, 8:03pm by Noke Lieu » IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: what's . in base n   « Reply #2 on: Apr 21st, 2008, 2:01am » Quote Modify I don't really get the octal pi. But N-imals isn't too bad. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: what's . in base n   « Reply #3 on: Apr 21st, 2008, 4:52am » Quote Modify on Apr 21st, 2008, 2:01am, towr wrote: But N-imals isn't too bad. Yeah, N for Noke with N in Lieu of 10   IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: what's . in base n   « Reply #4 on: Apr 21st, 2008, 11:05pm » Quote Modify on Apr 21st, 2008, 2:01am, towr wrote: I don't really get the octal pi. But N-imals isn't too bad.   Oh yeah- siutation and context....   The next office area down were having a debate about Octopuses, Octopi and Octopodes. Well, it is the "International Year of the Reef" and they were decorating. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ => general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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