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From: Darren New
Date: 11 Oct 2010 12:56:55
Message: <4cb341d7$1@news.povray.org>

Invisible wrote:
> In fact I've seen how there are different ways of representing real 
> numbers (ratios, continued fractions, radicals, etc.), and for almost 
> every one, there are some real numbers that do not have a finite 
> representation.

For *every* one, there are some real numbers that do not have a finite 
representation. That's what makes them irrational.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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