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> I don't know. The difference between 10^101 and 10^102 seems insignificant. Pour yourself two cups of coffee. In one, add 10g of sugar. In the other add 10
by rewmie 3y ago
> I don't know. The difference between 10^101 and 10^102 seems insignificant.
Pour yourself two cups of coffee.
In one, add 10g of sugar.
In the other add 100g of sugar.
Do you think both are the same?
- wolverine876 3y agoCompare the ratios of the exponents in your example and in mine. I see another consideration, an implication of the other response - the domain of the exponents. For example, consider 10^101 and 10^102: * The ratio of exponents is 102:101; not much apparent difference. * But that doesn't specify a domain, so maybe we implicitly assume the domain is (0, 1, 2, ... >= 102). However, if the domain is (100, 101, 102) then the difference between 10^101 and 10^102 seems more likely to be as significant as the difference between 10^1 and 10^2.
- rewmie 3y ago> * The ratio of exponents is 102:101; not much apparent difference. I'm not sure if you understand why this is nonsense. A factor of 10 is not small by any scale, and the relationship between 1 ton and 100kg does not suddenly become insignificant if you decide to express weight in nanograms.
- wolverine876 3y agoMaybe instead of calling each other's ideas nonsense, we could try to learn something. Maybe next time!