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This is beautiful. The real numbers are uncountable, so seems intuitive that could approximate any other space with them... basically a hash function. But this
by caterama 5y ago
This is beautiful. The real numbers are uncountable, so seems intuitive that could approximate any other space with them... basically a hash function. But this one has an inverse! It's so cool that someone actually implemented this.
- Sharlin 5y agoYou don't need uncountability. Any nontrivial interval of rational numbers contains every finite string that exists, in fact infinite copies of each!
- blauditore 5y agoIt's not about uncountability, but simply that their space is infinite. The same would work with (unbounded) integer numbers.