non repeating
it’s literally repeating
Comment on I just cited myself.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months agoYou’re just rounding up an irrational number. You have a non terminating, non repeating number, that will go on forever, because it can never actually get up to its whole value.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
WldFyre@lemm.ee 5 months ago
1/3 is a rational number, because it can be depicted by a ratio of two integers. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about, you’re getting basic algebra level facts wrong. Maybe take a hint and read some real math instead of relying on your bad intuition.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
1/3 is rational.
.3333… is not. You can’t treat fractions the same as our base 10 number system. They don’t all have direct conversions. Hence, why you can have a perfect fraction of a third, but not a perfect 1/3 written out in base 10.
WldFyre@lemm.ee 5 months ago
0.333… exactly equals 1/3 in base 10. What you are saying is factually incorrect and literally nonsense. You learn this in high school level math classes. Link literally any source that supports your position.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
.333… is rational.
at least we finally found your problem: you don’t know what rational and irrational mean. the clue is in the name.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
TBH the name is a bit misleading. Same for “real” numbers. And oh so much more so for “normal numbers”.