Irrationality
Are you one of those persons whom tries to argue the irrationality of 1/3? Do you think that .7234478243278432785478 is an irrational number? If either one of those applies to you, then you better read below. I have way too much time, but if one more person tries to tell me that 1/3 is irrational, I will explode.
What is an irrational number? An irrational number is a number which has exacly 0 exact numerical representations. An irrational number cannot be represened as P over Q, it has no exact form. An irrational number is a number with a never-terminating, non-repeating decimal expansion, it goes on forever and it doesn’t have a repeating pattern throughout. 1/3 is rationally represented in EXACT form as 1/3, .3 repeating, .1 in trinary. ( although there are a million other representations ). pi is irrational, it never terminates and there is no repeating throughout, however it is exactly represented with the symbol, which is understood to be the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Not satisfied? look it up on mathworld.
November 5th, 2004 at 1633:25
It is truely a small world.
I came across your blog through my friend LouisC (benignthoughts.com) where you left a comment. I started reading your latest couple posts, and come to find out that you are not only a WordPress user (I’m fairly active in the WordPress community) but you are also in TSA, which I find absolutely amazing, since I’ve been really active in TSA and have attended three national conferences. It’d be neat to get to talk to you, since you’re one of two other people that I’ve found in TSA with nix and webdesign skills.
Robert Deaton
November 5th, 2004 at 1802:53
Wow, It truly is a small world… I was in TSA my freshmen year also, but I was a freshmen, so I just didn’t matter. I skipped my sophomore Year because I decided that it was better if I was “in the circle” ( a class taught by the teacher who runs TSA. ) So, unfortunately, I have never been involved at a national level :(. There definitely aren’t enough nix users out there :(, although the market share has surpassed that of mac, and in 2005, it is expected to be 6%. My email address is topnotcher@gmail.com if you wish to contact me. ( I haven’t gotten around to adding stuff like that to this blog yet )