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minus-squareHappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWait… An integer number? As opposed to floating point?
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThats what discrete means (in an mathematical context)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoTeeeeechnically floating point is still discrete as there is not arbitrary accuracy. Discrete just means not continuous, and floating point has limits of accuracy ie limits of continuity.
minus-squarejackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAs opposed to a non-integer real number I assume
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI can’t be in a polycule with π people?
Wait… An integer number? As opposed to floating point?
Thats what discrete means (in an mathematical context)
Teeeeechnically floating point is still discrete as there is not arbitrary accuracy. Discrete just means not continuous, and floating point has limits of accuracy ie limits of continuity.
As opposed to a non-integer real number I assume
I can’t be in a polycule with π people?