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{{w|Floating point}} numbers are how computers store non-integer real numbers as decimals — or rather, in most cases, approximate them: infinite amounts of data would be required to represent most numbers in decimal form (exceptions are {{w|integers}} and {{w|terminating decimal}}s). The "floating-point handlers" would be the code performing the e<sup>π</sup> − π calculation. | {{w|Floating point}} numbers are how computers store non-integer real numbers as decimals — or rather, in most cases, approximate them: infinite amounts of data would be required to represent most numbers in decimal form (exceptions are {{w|integers}} and {{w|terminating decimal}}s). The "floating-point handlers" would be the code performing the e<sup>π</sup> − π calculation. | ||
| − | ACM is the {{w|Association for Computing Machinery}}, which at the time of writing sponsored the {{w|ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest|International Collegiate Programming Contest}}. It is likely that it was this competition, in which Black Hat wasted his | + | ACM is the {{w|Association for Computing Machinery}}, which at the time of writing sponsored the {{w|ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest|International Collegiate Programming Contest}}. It is likely that it was this competition, in which Black Hat wasted his teams time, for which he got kicked out. |
The title text pokes fun at another coincidence: ∜(9² + 19²/22) ≈ 3.1415926525, equating close to π (deviating only in the 9th decimal place). The humor comes from the fact that π is {{w|transcendental number|transcendental}}. Transcendental numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed through basic arithmetic with integers; one cannot end up with the exact value for any transcendental number (including π) by adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, exponentiating, and/or taking the nth root of any rational number, meaning the title text cannot possibly be true. This coincidence was discovered by Ramanujan while {{w|squaring the circle}} in 1914. | The title text pokes fun at another coincidence: ∜(9² + 19²/22) ≈ 3.1415926525, equating close to π (deviating only in the 9th decimal place). The humor comes from the fact that π is {{w|transcendental number|transcendental}}. Transcendental numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed through basic arithmetic with integers; one cannot end up with the exact value for any transcendental number (including π) by adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, exponentiating, and/or taking the nth root of any rational number, meaning the title text cannot possibly be true. This coincidence was discovered by Ramanujan while {{w|squaring the circle}} in 1914. | ||
