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Approximation of pi based on sqrt(10)
09-11-2017, 04:51 PM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2017 04:53 PM by pier4r.)
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RE: Approximation of pi based on sqrt(10)
(09-11-2017 12:25 PM)Dieter Wrote:  Yes, that's much better, I think.

The Wiktionary definition seems to lack a "not": Something like "A digit that is nonzero or, when zero, followed not only by further zeros" sounds correct to me.
In other words: "A digit that is nonzero or, when zero, followed by at least one non-zero".

However, this still does not address the question of trailing zeros that may be significant, as discussed in the Wikipedia article.

Dieter

The nice part on the wiki is the approach:
be bold, change it, and if other people don't like it, a discussion starts.

So, changed: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/significant_digit

Now either someone else reverts the change (so a discussion over it can be started in the Talk page), or someone else improves it. In both case, it is a step closer to a better solution.

wiki:
- less complain
+ more action

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