Lena@gregtech.eu to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoTechnically correct, the best kind of correctgregtech.euexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down115
arrow-up1541arrow-down1external-linkTechnically correct, the best kind of correctgregtech.euLena@gregtech.eu to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months ago9 (the base pi number) doesn’t exist because all digits must be less than pi. 9 (the base 10 number) is apparently roughly 22.2021120021 in base pi. Edit: a bit of explanation for that last one, it’s because 2π + 2 + 2/π + 2/π3 + 1/π4 ≈ 8.99
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoTechnically they didn’t specify what number their use of the symbol ‘9’ represents!!!
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThey wanted to know how to represent 6, but displayed upside down.
9 (the base pi number) doesn’t exist because all digits must be less than pi. 9 (the base 10 number) is apparently roughly 22.2021120021 in base pi.
Edit: a bit of explanation for that last one, it’s because 2π + 2 + 2/π + 2/π3 + 1/π4 ≈ 8.99
Technically they didn’t specify what number their use of the symbol ‘9’ represents!!!
They wanted to know how to represent 6, but displayed upside down.