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Mathematics, 02.10.2019 01:00 gwoodbyrne

The number 8 = 1.14285714285714 . . obviously has no exact representation in any 7 decimal floating point system (β = 10) with finite precision t. is there a finite floating point system (i. e., some finite integer base β and precision t) in which this number does have an exact representation? if yes, then describe such a system.

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