The rules asks for a "number". 12 is a number 12^100 is not a number; it is an expression that EVALUATES to a number
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst @BrowningMachine and
normally you're the sort of one to step in and do it, but you went soft so I had to step up
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Replying to @MorlockP @BrowningMachine and
Just so we're clear, you're using "number" to mean "collection of digits". And that there's no way to write, e.g., SQRT(2) as a number.
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst @BrowningMachine and
true base 10 is an encoding system and can not encode all numbers some numbers we give special names, like pi or i
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Replying to @MorlockP @BrowningMachine and
Fair. But doesn't your definition exclude irrational numbers, a subset of numbers based on SQRT operator? Seems a fatal flaw.
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst @BrowningMachine and
first, let's talk about signifiers and signified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signified_and_signifier … a number exists in platonic space "2" is out there, somewhere
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Replying to @MorlockP @BostonDelendEst and
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Replying to @MorlockP @BostonDelendEst and
so anyway, there can be infinite different systems of signification in some of these number X can signified in others, number X can not be
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in this case, the problem specification is the one that's limiting things by using the word "number" anyway, gotta go for important stuff
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