>What ever formula would also depend on b ... eg the division of 1 by 3 has a >finite representation in base 3 of 0.1. (although its representation in base >10 is infinite)
greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> to: Chat forum <[email protected]> date: 22 July 2014 10:18 subject: Re: [Jchat] Repeating decimals $p(2 5-.~[:q:]%+.)q 0 >Assuming p and q are rank 0, of course. (And this is a reasonable assumption, >since the problem statement suggests no use for dimensions). Thanks, -- Raul -- from: Dan Bron <[email protected]> to: [email protected] date: 22 July 2014 08:25 subject: [Jchat] Repeating decimals >Given 3 positive integers p,q and b, where p and q represent the numerator and >denominator of a rational number (respectively), and b a numerical base (or >radix), how can we know if p%q has a finite (or not) representation in b? >In other words, if p%q can be represented by a finite >(non-infinitely-repeating) decimal in base b, then what do we know about the >relationship of p to q or p%q to b ? >You may allow p to take on the value 0 if needed for generality, but q is >strictly > 0 (obviously) and b is strictly > 1 (probably?). -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
