From: milton!mfeldman@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Interesting applications of rational arithmetic needed
Date: 25 Nov 91 19:42:39 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1991Nov25.194239.19383@milton.u.washington.edu> (raw)
In article <1991Nov25.181817.4867@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> willett@cbnewsl.cb.att.co
m (david.c.willett) writes:
>
>I'm not a professor, but I've always thought that an interesting application
>using only the rational numbers is calendars/schedulers. If I remember
>correctly, one of the mathematicians who devised the Gregorian Calendar
>obsereved that "The year should contain an integral number of days."
>The same observation holds for hours, minutes, and seconds.(in everyday use)
>
Good idea!
Mike
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