Talk:pith

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pith

Rfv-sense: The ordinal form of the number pi. Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 23:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Cited. Found a few uses on Usenet. grendel|khan 02:41, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Not cited. Only two cites were added. Old Man Consequences (talk) 13:46, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Added a third cite (and a noun sense). --Einstein2 (talk) 14:51, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Is the definition accurate? What would this even mean? How can a non-integer be an ordinal? Equinox ◑ 13:52, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Non-integer rational ordinals have common real-life use for handling insertions. DCDuring (talk) 15:51, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

I can't find any references to the concept of an "irrational ordinal number", which is what our definition of "pith" would imply. The present citations/examples are all for "pith power/root", in which "pith" is apparently termed an ordinal number by analogy with "second power", "third power", etc. Mihia (talk) 22:26, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

There are attestable instances of real ordinal numbers in this search. The numbers used in powers are ordinal numbers, expressing the order of successively higher exponents. DCDuring (talk) 00:00, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess so ... Mihia (talk) 20:50, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:29, 9 June 2020 (UTC)