From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com

On 1/29/2026 9:33 PM, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 2026-01-28 21:59, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> A real with infinite precision can hold an irrational?
>
> What are you talking about here? Abstract computers? - Please
> explain.[*]

Its an abstract thought indeed... :^)


> I had been talking about a geometric representation of mathematics
> by the ancient Greeks. In that case an "irrational" was represented
> by a geometric entity, e.g. the diagonal of a square (for sqrt(2)).
>
> I'm not aware that back then they used real numbers with precision.

Think of a number where each, say 10-ary symbols 0...9, is derived from
a TRNG. For an unsigned integer, say the _first_ symbol is a TRNG from
1...9. All the others are TRNG from 0...9.

401986393421051...

Take it to infinity... is it a number???

;^)


> Janis
>
> [*] OTOH, this all - including the OP - appears to be quite OT and
> IMO better fits in a math newsgroup, so we can also just abstain
> from further digressions.
>

Well, shit happens... ;^)

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