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 Post subject: How do we know that decimal system can represent all numbers
PostPosted: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:50:55 UTC 
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How do we know that the decimal number system can represent all numbers ?
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 Post subject: Re: How do we know that decimal system can represent all num
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wajed wrote:
How do we know that the decimal number system can represent all numbers ?


No you can't. They don't represent the p-adics, or the surreals, for example.

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Thanks, that adds to my info.

But I had "integers" in my mind when I asked the question, how do we know that the decimal number system represents / can represent all integer numbers?
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wajed wrote:
Thanks, that adds to my info.

But I had "integers" in my mind when I asked the question, how do we know that the decimal number system represents / can represent all integer numbers?


Um...just write out the decimal for each integer....

1.0000..., 0.00000..., -1.00000..., et cetera

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