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To: GraceZ who wrote (590)	12/11/2000 10:47:27 PM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 24758

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To: GraceZ who wrote (590)	12/13/2000 2:07:59 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

Hi Grace A. Zaccardi; You wrote: "He used the word exact as opposed to your use of approximate. Then it was you that stated Pi was exact. If you now state that there is no mathematical meaning for the word exact why did you use it when you referred to Pi? Now you are asking him to explain what he meant by Pi being exact when he was simply quoting what you stated in the first place. Got it?" Any time I've used the word "exact" it has been in the sense of "not approximate". There are plenty of words in common English use that mathematicians use in special ways. Examples of such words are "prime", "rational", and "uncountable". "Exact" is not one of these words that have mathematical meaning, in the current context. But ahhaha has been posting as if "exact" does have a mathematical meaning, but he has not yet explained that meaning. It apparently has something to do with "resolve" and "fractions". Here's the sequence of posts: ahhaha Dec 8, 2000 3:14 PM The space of calculation is a finite integer space, so the "odds" which you can't define are exact. #reply-14976210 Bilow Dec 8, 2000 5:21 PM I'm not sure what you mean by "exact" here. Pi, is not an integer, but it is exact, at least it is to mathematicians. Perhaps the word you were looking for is "rational", (i.e. a ratio of integers). #reply-14978046 ahhaha Dec 8, 2000 8:57 PM I am a mathematician. If Pi is exact at what fraction does it resolve? #reply-14979766 Now after implying that Pi is not exact because no "fraction" can be found that "resolves" it, ahhaha asks me to define what "exact" means: ahhaha Dec 9, 2000 2:07 AM What do you mean by "exact" here? How is Pi "exact"? #reply-14981398 Hey, he's the one that's been implying that "exact" has some mathematical meaning, not me. -- Carl P.S. There are special usages of "exact" in mathematics, but none that would fit the above usages, other than usual "not approximate". Mathematicians have a tendency to be very precise and formal (as in #reply-14988531) when they use mathematical language. It's one of the ways they can recognize each other.