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[–] ns1@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not an expert but I'd guess that is Tycho crater, and the stripes are called its ray system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_system

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ns1@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

You could say something like "the image of exponentiation over...." to mean the set of values created by applying the function once, but it sounds slightly clunky.

Looks like there aren't really very many sets of mostly transcendental numbers that have names. Computational numbers and periods are two of them, I'd guess that both probably contain your set, so you could compare with those to see where it gets you.

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fun question! I don't know the answer other than to say it's not just the algebraics because of the Gelfond-Schneider constant

Are you sure this is well-defined? You say that a and b are algebraic but "closure" implies that they could also be any members of S. This might mess up your proof that it's not all the reals if you do mean the closure.

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I remember reading that the transporter was added to TOS mainly to speed up storytelling, with the technobabble behind it being expanded on later. Then replicators/holodeck put in TNG because it made sense based on similar technology. So basically you're exactly right, it is magic