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		DietaryNonsense 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem usin... Put another way: irrational numbers are functions, not values. You can run the function as long as you want and get more digits but the function won't halt.

tromp 12 months ago [–]

That would make more sense if you use the word computation instead of function.

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