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From: cas@ops1.bwi.wec.com (Bob Casanova)
Subject: Re: Stapp, PK & Physics Today
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In article <41ar5u$rk3@gap.cco.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
>From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
>Subject: Re: Stapp, PK & Physics Today
>Date: 21 Aug 1995 20:43:42 GMT

>In article <41ahh9$dnr@news1.wolfe.net>, dmc@wolfe.net (Daryl Moore) writes:
>=What's pi in base-pi? 1.0. Pi appearing to be inexact, or as an
>=irrational number is base-10 is just a failing in our symbology,
>=that's all.
>=
>=1/3 is just as irrational as pi, but is it inexact? No. We are just
>=lucky to be able to denote its value in some form of base 10.

>Since 1 and 3 are integers, 1/3 is, by definition, rational.

Doesn't "rational", as applied to numbers, derive from the fact that any 
rational number can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, while irrational 
and/or transcendental numbers, such as pi, cannot?


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>Disclaimer:  Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS.  That's what I get paid for.  My
>understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
>unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
>organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
>hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.

Bob C.

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