Re: 1/0
- From: "Aage Andersen" <aaa(REMOVE)@email.dk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 20:41:30 +0100
"William Elliot"
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Aage Andersen wrote:
>> "zuhair"
>> >
>> > I want to know what is 1/0 and what are the latest results about that
>> > number.
>>
>> I want to know what is 1/7 and what are the latest results about that
>> number.
>>
> We attempted a project to calculate 1/7 to infinite percision.
>
> However, since 1/7 took to repeating itself, the good students doing the
> calculation soon got boarded and quit while the average students, induced
> into helping with the calculations under promise that eventually the name
> of their perfect mate would appear in the sequence of digits, found upon
> dating the half dozen or more names that did appear, not to their liking,
> also quit. There is however much more to be done on this project, so we
> are encouraging voluteers needing to know the latest results of 1/7, to
> join in the effort.
Your project seems interesting. However I can't volunteer, as my computer is
busy evaluating 1/3. To date it is only spitting 3's out, there seems to be
a pattern. I will report when I see a digit differing from 3. Keep on the
good work.
Aage
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