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- From: pehanna@vnet.ibm.com (Phil Hanna)
- Message-ID: <19921214.090124.827@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 11:59:46 EST
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Base Pi
- Lines: 14
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- >> Base pi? No joking?
- >>
- >> Well, what are the first 5 digits of what we normally
- >> call "5" in this base?
- >>
- >> Solan
-
- 5 = 11.22012... in base pi, since 5 is approximately equal to
-
- 1(pi**1) + 1(pi**0) + 2(pi**(-1)) + 2(pi**(-2)) + 0(pi**(-3))
- + 1(pi**(-4)) + 2(pi**(-5)) + ...
-
- Phil Hanna
- pehanna@vnet.ibm.com
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