From: Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@analogic.com>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>,
beware <wimille@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Float numbers in module programming
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:26:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060330182643.GV27173@skl-net.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0603300739050.32259@chaos.analogic.com>
On 08:09, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> For instance __all__ real numbers, except for transcendentals, can
> be represented as a ratio of two integers.
Nope. It was known already to Euklid (300 before christ) that the real
number sqrt(2) can _not_ be represented as ratio of two integers. Of
course, sqrt(2) is not transcendental because it is a zero of x^2 -
2, a polynomial with integer coefficients.
Andre
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-30 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-29 14:34 beware
2006-03-29 15:02 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-30 8:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-30 13:09 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-30 17:23 ` Phillip Susi
2006-04-03 6:55 ` Helge Hafting
2006-04-03 9:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-30 17:31 ` Al Viro
2006-03-30 17:40 ` Roland Dreier
2006-03-30 18:02 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-03-30 18:26 ` Andre Noll [this message]
2006-03-30 18:46 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-31 7:57 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-03-31 11:05 ` Peter Williams
2006-03-29 15:07 ` Helge Hafting
2006-03-30 8:12 ` Jan Engelhardt
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