Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite math constant that is NOT a real number?Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareItsLysandreAgain@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoChaitin’s constants. Not even a number.
minus-squareAd4mWayn3@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoThey are still real numbers. Specifically uncomputable, normal numbers. Which means their rational expansion contain every natural number.
minus-squareItsLysandreAgain@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 days 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.