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minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前The system works perfectly, it just looks wonky in base 10. In base 3 0.333… looks like 0.1, exactly 0.1
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 年前Oh the fundamental math works fine, it’s the imperfect representation that is infinite decimals that is flawed. Every base has at least one.
The system works perfectly, it just looks wonky in base 10. In base 3 0.333… looks like 0.1, exactly 0.1
Oh the fundamental math works fine, it’s the imperfect representation that is infinite decimals that is flawed. Every base has at least one.