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[Rob Carriere]

In article <14014 at mimsy.UUCP> chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> [...]
>I must admit that inventing a notation for writing fractional digits
>is beyond me: [...]

That's where you lost me.  In base b we have b different digits, so in
base e we have .... well, eh, we should have... that is to say, ...

>I have no idea whether fractional and irrational bases are well-regarded
>in mathematical circles (mathematical circles are the ones that are *really*
>round, rather than the merely arbitrary polygonal CS circles :-) ).

That's OK, engineering circles are just plain irregular :-)

Rob Carriere