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| ``Re: Imaginary irrational number?''
by Wkbj79 on 2007-04-15 09:57:01 |
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| Jussi, I just noticed that PM currently has a definition that agrees with your usage, not mine:
"An irrational number is a real number which cannot be represented as a ratio of two integers."
I find this definition ***highly*** unusual, as every basic algebra textbook that I have looked at classifies nonreal numbers as irrational. I am extremely curious as to why akrowne chose to define irrational numbers this way. I will file a correction to "irrational" in hopes that, even if akrowne chooses not to change the PM definition, he at least mentions the alternative definition.
I am sorry that I did not notice this earlier.
Warren |
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