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submitted 11 months ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/mathhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Flaw is a bit harsh. Periodic, infinite decimals happen because the denominator is not a multiple of the prime factors of the base and thus will exist in any base.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not in base infinity.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Infinity is not a number and even if you would use it as a base, you couldn't represent anything other than infinity in a meaningful way.

Infinity^0 is indeterminate and infinity^x with x>0 is exactly infinity.