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- From: brumleve@gauss (Dan Brumleve)
- Subject: Re: Would Pi repeat, were it expressed in a base other than 10?
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:12:46 GMT
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- bennett@math.ksu.edu (Andy Bennett) writes:
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- >werdna@cco.caltech.edu (Andrew Tong) writes:
- >:Intuitively (not saying much, that is), I'd say yes, but that it would re-
- >:quire a transcendental base....
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- >Of course, pi to the base pi is 1.000000000....
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- >:-)
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- Not to nitpick, but it's 10.00000.... ;-)
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- >--
- >Andrew G. Bennett bennett@math.ksu.edu If you count too
- >Dept. of Mathematics Voice: (913) 532-6750 much you turn
- >Kansas State University Fax: (913) 532-7004 purple. - SARAH
- >Manhattan, KS 66502 STRICTLY MY OWN OPINIONS
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