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Having multiple representations of the same number isn’t the problem one of the commenters thought. In decimal, for example, 1=0.99999999...
by dhosek 4y ago
Having multiple representations of the same number isn’t the problem one of the commenters thought. In decimal, for example, 1=0.99999999...
- dhosek 4y ago(And I’m not sure his claimed alternate representation of 12 adds up (so to speak)).
- ravi-delia 4y agoIt's irrational! Or rather has an infinite and non-repeating expansion, it's still the same 12 we know and love. That got me at first too.
- ravi-delia 4y agoLuckily that's the only kind of ambiguous number you can have. Any given number can be represented at most two ways, and you never get rationals hopping over to the irrational side of the pond. Other bases aren't as kind.