• xia@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    3 hours ago

    Instead of “has infinite digits”, I prefer to say that it CANNOT be expressed as a base10/decimal number. If you choose a different base (base-pi for example), then it very much has finite digits… :)

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      2 hours ago

      It can’t be expressed in any integer-based notation without an infinite number of digits. Only when expressed in some bases which are themselves, irrational. It’s infinity either way.