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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·22 hours agoCan it be expressed or represented approximately in IEEE-754 form?
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-221 hours agoAlways approximated, never truly represented 😞
minus-squareLegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-220 hours agoUnless your encoding has a special value that, by definition, is euler’s constant :p
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoGood point. Specifically code point U+2107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ℇ
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·21 hours agoEverything can be represented approximatively. e = π = 3
Can it be expressed or represented approximately in IEEE-754 form?
Always approximated, never truly represented 😞
Unless your encoding has a special value that, by definition, is euler’s constant :p
Good point. Specifically code point U+2107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ℇ
Everything can be represented approximatively.
e = π = 3