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This is nit-picky, but why does the HN title use "fraction" when the linked question uses the more-correct "rational"? It doesn't replace the other instance of
by bmm6o 13y ago
This is nit-picky, but why does the HN title use "fraction" when the linked question uses the more-correct "rational"? It doesn't replace the other instance of "rational".
- GeneralMayhem 13y ago"Fraction" is shorthand (at least to a layman, which the vast majority of HN is in mathematics) for "rational non-integer." x must not be an integer for the stated property to hold, but the result might be.
- codeflo 13y agoThis is at the very least highly confusing, because "fraction" doesn't actually imply "non-integer". But maybe that's because I also know what rational numbers are, which according to you makes me an expert mathematician.
- vehementi 13y agoI knew all of those things and it wasn't highly confusing to me and any concerns were checked by RTFA