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Graveyard_01 t1_ix5u8us wrote

Astrophysics major here. How the frick do they even work with lightyears. Like… geez, imagine writing the gravitational constant in Roman numerals

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Zirnike t1_ix5ukeh wrote

"is that 'e,' for order of magnitude or is it a number?"

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Graveyard_01 t1_ix5x70g wrote

depends on which e u mean, there is a e for natural log (which might be the e u mean), an e for eccentricity of an orbit, and an e used by computers for scientific notation; 10e+2 means 1000 (and which also might be what u mean).

Edit: 1e-3 means 0.001 Edit again: self note, don’t use - as line breaks

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Zirnike t1_ix5xvf9 wrote

Natural log related e generally has a superscript, but I take your point.

Oh, goddess, now I'm trying to figure out irrational and imaginary numbers in Roman numerals.

MAKE IT STOP!!!

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Graveyard_01 t1_ixfawrg wrote

Additions of numbers bigger than 50 are already horror enough

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DrBlowtorch t1_iy5s6hq wrote

Highschool Student in AP Calc here. How the hell did they manage anything at all with a numerical system designed by Satan himself.

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