source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 06:09:35 -0800 Subject: Re: Transcendental Numbers From: Tom td@plan9.att.com babbled: > While >the square root of 12, for example, whose `decimals go on forever >without repeating in *any* pattern', is not rational. Neither >is it transcendental, being a root of the equation x^12=2. Obviously, td had a fit of aphasia affecting his puncutation and whether he was talking about the 12th root of 2 or x^2=12. Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:41 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id IAA09778; Wed, 8 Nov 1995 08:40:57 -0800 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 08:40:57 -0800 Message-Id: <951108114005.21c0302f@HIRAM.EDU> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu