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From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Nicholas Berry wrote:

> Nitpick:
> 
> > All real numbers (except trancendentials) can represented exactly
> > as the ratio of two integers
> 
> should be 'except irrationals', of which trancendentals are a subset :)
> 
> Nik

Yep. It's the definition is an irrational number.

> 

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

                 Windows-2000/Professional isn't.

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