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minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoEven in base π, π is still considered an irrational number; using an irrational based doesn’t change the fundamental identity of whole numbers or irrational numbers, it just changes the way we write them.
minus-squareGobbel2000@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoWriting the same number a different way does not make it rational. There are no two natural numbers p and q so that p/q = 1 base pi.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days ago1 is always 1. It’s 1 × b⁰ where b is the base. Anything raised to the zeroth power is 1. 10 is the base. 1 × b¹ + 0 × b⁰
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoThat doesn’t make it rational but simply makes it writable in 2 digits(10) Also you should have 3.1415… “number of characters” in that base… The base becoming irrational will make the number irrational
minus-squareRedjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoπ = 10 in base 10, 10 = 10.
Base π: π=1
Even in base π, π is still considered an irrational number; using an irrational based doesn’t change the fundamental identity of whole numbers or irrational numbers, it just changes the way we write them.
Writing the same number a different way does not make it rational. There are no two natural numbers p and q so that p/q = 1 base pi.
1 is always 1. It’s 1 × b⁰ where b is the base. Anything raised to the zeroth power is 1.
10 is the base. 1 × b¹ + 0 × b⁰
That doesn’t make it rational but simply makes it writable in 2 digits(10)
Also you should have 3.1415… “number of characters” in that base… The base becoming irrational will make the number irrational
π = 10
in base 10, 10 = 10.