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(Message started by: Noke Lieu on Apr 15^th, 2008, 7:14pm)

Title: what's . in base n
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 15^th, 2008, 7:14pm

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.

Title: Re: what's . in base n
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 20^th, 2008, 8:01pm

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... ::)

Title: Re: what's . in base n
Post by towr on Apr 21^st, 2008, 2:01am

I don't really get the octal pi. But N-imals isn't too bad.

Title: Re: what's . in base n
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 21^st, 2008, 4:52am

on 04/21/08 at 02:01:14, towr wrote:

But N-imals isn't too bad.

Yeah, N for Noke with N in Lieu of 10 ;D

Title: Re: what's . in base n
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 21^st, 2008, 11:05pm

on 04/21/08 at 02:01:14, 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.