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I would have expected more numbers originating from physics, like Reynolds number (bad example since it is not really constant though). The human-invented ones
by nuancebydefault 9mo ago
I would have expected more numbers originating from physics, like Reynolds number (bad example since it is not really constant though).
The human-invented ones seem to be just a grasp of dozens man can come up with.
i to the power of i is one I never heard of but is fascinating though!
- SOTGO 9mo agoTo prove something is transcendental we would need to know how to compute it exactly, and I’m struggling to see how that would come up frequently in a physics context. In physics most constants are not arbitrary real numbers derived from a formula, they’re a measured relationship, which sort of inherently can’t be proved to be transcendental
- longemen3000 9mo agosome constants that may or may not be transcendental: - Percolation Thresholds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolation_threshold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolation_threshold - Critical scalings in 3d: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universality_class#Ising_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universality_class#Ising_model
- cozzyd 9mo agoYeah I'd expect Bessel function zeroes and such