Comment on 10001
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days agoYou can do all of math in binary, it isn’t just for computers. In fact, the proof for “Russian Peasant Multiplication” was written in binary.
Comment on 10001
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days agoYou can do all of math in binary, it isn’t just for computers. In fact, the proof for “Russian Peasant Multiplication” was written in binary.
ziggurat@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So you can do all mathematical operations in binary, but you can’t represent all numbers in binary like 0.3, which is a repeating number, and had the same issues as a number like 1/3 in decimal where you can’t avoid rounding errors
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m not sure what sort of point you think you’re making but 0.0100110011 in binary is only 0.065% off from 0.3
Many fractions in decimal are also repeating numbers or very long trailing numbers, I especially encounter a lot when working with time which is base 60.