Comment on 10001
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 hours agoYou can do all of math in binary, it isn’t just for computers. In fact, the proof for “Russian Peasant Multiplication” was written in binary.
Comment on 10001
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 hours agoYou can do all of math in binary, it isn’t just for computers. In fact, the proof for “Russian Peasant Multiplication” was written in binary.
ziggurat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
So you can do all mathematical operations in binary, but you can’t represent all numbers in binary like 0.3, which is a repeating number, and had the same issues as a number like 1/3 in decimal where you can’t avoid rounding errors
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I’m not sure what sort of point you think you’re making but 0.0100110011 in binary is only 0.065% off from 0.3
Many fractions in decimal are also repeating numbers or very long trailing numbers, I especially encounter a lot when working with time which is base 60.