From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28 21:59, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >   
   > A real with infinite precision can hold an irrational?   
      
   What are you talking about here? Abstract computers? - Please   
   explain.[*]   
      
   I had been talking about a geometric representation of mathematics   
   by the ancient Greeks. In that case an "irrational" was represented   
   by a geometric entity, e.g. the diagonal of a square (for sqrt(2)).   
      
   I'm not aware that back then they used real numbers with precision.   
      
   Janis   
      
   [*] OTOH, this all - including the OP - appears to be quite OT and   
   IMO better fits in a math newsgroup, so we can also just abstain   
   from further digressions.   
      
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