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1982 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Infinite Decimals (Part 2)

verfasst von : A. Gardiner

Erschienen in: Infinite Processes

Verlag: Springer New York

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In Chapter II.6 we stressed the tension between the familiar division process used to generate the decimal representation of a fraction like 3/40, and the (as yet) meaningless string of digits which results when we apply this same familiar division process to a fraction like 3/39 = 1/13, namely$$ \frac{1}{{13}} = .07692307692307692307 \ldots $$

Metadaten
Titel
Infinite Decimals (Part 2)
verfasst von
A. Gardiner
Copyright-Jahr
1982
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5654-0_9