Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareItsLysandreAgain@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoChaitin’s constants. Not even a number.
minus-squareAd4mWayn3@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThey are still real numbers. Specifically uncomputable, normal numbers. Which means their rational expansion contain every natural number.
minus-squareItsLysandreAgain@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·23 hours agoOops, I misunderstood what an uncomputable is… In that case, I would say Infinity-Infinity. This time, it’s truly not a number.
Chaitin’s constants.
Not even a number.
They are still real numbers. Specifically uncomputable, normal numbers. Which means their rational expansion contain every natural number.
Oops, I misunderstood what an uncomputable is…
In that case, I would say Infinity-Infinity. This time, it’s truly not a number.