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That's the same with pi if you think about it, and in my eyes is what makes it a transcendental number, so to speak. The numbers themselves could be different i
by saintradon 2y ago
That's the same with pi if you think about it, and in my eyes is what makes it a transcendental number, so to speak. The numbers themselves could be different if you used a different base instead of base 10, but they still just represent a particularly useful value for us.
- jerf 2y agoThere's a good number of constants, and some of them are quite fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_constants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_constants One of my favorites is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feigenbaum_constants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feigenbaum_constants . Pops up in many situations, and as I understand it, it is not even well-understood why it pops up in as many places as it does. Intuitively one would expect that many of the places it pops up ought to have their own local constant of some sort, but instead this one keeps popping up. 7-year-old Numberphile video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrYE4MdoLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrYE4MdoLQ