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minus-squareHappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoWait… An integer number? As opposed to floating point?
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoThats what discrete means (in an mathematical context)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoTeeeeechnically floating point is still discrete as there is not arbitrary accuracy. Discrete just means not continuous, and floating point has limits of accuracy ie limits of continuity.
minus-squarejackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoAs opposed to a non-integer real number I assume
Wait… An integer number? As opposed to floating point?
Thats what discrete means (in an mathematical context)
Teeeeechnically floating point is still discrete as there is not arbitrary accuracy. Discrete just means not continuous, and floating point has limits of accuracy ie limits of continuity.
As opposed to a non-integer real number I assume