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| Irrational Numbers And Fractals
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Daniel Johnson on May 1, 2003 16:59:15 UTC |
Irrational numbers, fractals, and various other mathematical things can be approximated by an infinite series of arithmetical operations, but pi (for example) is not a number that can be expressed by any series of additions, subtractions, or so on, of countable quantities within any finite time. By "countable" I mean things that can be expressed as integers or as sums, differences, or ratios of integers.
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