Re: Pi
- Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Dec 11, 2002
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It's not possible to have "infinite" accuracy, 'cause there could ALWAYS be more digits, that's what infinite means. Dan Moyer ----- Original Message ----- From: <jbrown1050 at hotpop.com> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: Re: Pi > > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:12:43PM -0600, Kat wrote: > > It's > > my understanding that in astronomy, in the million of calculations > > involved in > > travel away from earth, significant errors can creep in at rediculously > > small > > decimal point places, and if eliminated, can save fuel. But i don't know > > at > > which point it stops being significant versus a waste of cpu > > horsepower/time. > > > > Kat > > I'm not sure if any one does. Hence the quest for on-going (perhaps one day > infinite??) accuracy. > > jbrown > > > >