Re: Real Number --- Merely numbers whose digits can be infinitely long

wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:

On Thu, 2024-05-02 at 18:02 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:
[snip]

Nothing is different from the math. you understand (except several corner cases
which you will never need to worry about).

 
So there's nothing novel in your notation, and I needn't waste any more
time asking questions about it that you're unwilling and/or unable to
answer.
 
Is that a fair summary?
 
(I'll ignore the "corner cases" you allude to.)

>
No, nothing novel there changed the usual usage of 'fixed point number'.

I have no idea whether that was an attempt to answer my question.  If it
was such an attempt, it failed.

The term "fixed point number" is quite distinct from both "rational
number" and "real number".  I don't know which you're trying to define.
Fixed point numbers, in my experience, are a computer representation,
not a mathematical abstraction.  But your subject header talks about
real numbers.

Feel free to attempt to clarify if you're so inclined.  Or don't.

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