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Old 03-31-2005, 09:01 AM
moondogg moondogg is offline
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Exactly what too integers can be divided to obtain PI?

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You got it backwards dog. Transcendent is way more complex than irrational, and too long to explain here. You are thinking backwards. An irrational number can be expressed as the finite sum of roots of various powers. A transcendent number can't.

Pi is transcendent, same as e, and same as the vast majority of numbers which aren't in the integer, rational, or irrational sub-sets.

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PI may or may not be transcedent. However, it cannot be exressed as the division of two integers, so it is an irrational number by definition ("real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers").
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