[math-fun] "Utilizing Infinite Loops to Compute an Approximate Value of Infinity"
Kind of funny: http://www-user.slac.stanford.edu/jimstan/Infinity.htm The author should probably have tried using an Amiga 500, rather than a Commodore 64, though.
On Tuesday 15 June 2010 21:13:19 Paul Reiners wrote:
Kind of funny:
http://www-user.slac.stanford.edu/jimstan/Infinity.htm
The author should probably have tried using an Amiga 500, rather than a Commodore 64, though.
See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1705008/simple-proof-that-guid-is-not- unique -- g
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Paul Reiners <paul.reiners@gmail.com> wrote:
Kind of funny:
http://www-user.slac.stanford.edu/jimstan/Infinity.htm
The author should probably have tried using an Amiga 500, rather than a Commodore 64, though.
Or should have used a computer with IEEE floating point. This javascript program reaches infinity before you can blink: for (i=1; i<Infinity; i *= 10); alert(i); -- Mike Stay - metaweta@gmail.com http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~mike http://reperiendi.wordpress.com
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