May I propose a dedicated circuit (analog because you can only ever approximate their value) that stores and returns transcendental/irrational numbers exclusively? We can just assume they're going to be whatever value we need whenever we need them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't noise in the circuit mean it'd only be reliable to certain level of precision, anyway?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, every irrational number used in computation is reliable to a certain level of precision. Just because the current (heh) methods aren't precise enough doesn't mean they'll never be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You can always increase the precision of a computation, analog signals are limited by quantum physics.