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tshaddox on Feb 11, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Paper sizes

> The size is 210 mm × 297 mm and has a ratio of √2 (math!).

That looks like a claim that the ratio of two integers is sqrt(2), but it's fairly obvious that he really means that it's very close.

delinka on Feb 11, 2015 [–]

I don't think anyone would attempt to assert that any measurement (or ratio of measurements) made with our current technology could ever be precisely √2 or even π (that's pi)

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