schizophrenic number

noun

An irrational number with persistent patterns in its decimal expansion that give it the appearance of a rational number.

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Meanings

nounschizophrenic number (plural schizophrenic numbers)

plural schizophrenic numbers

  1. mathematicsAn irrational number with persistent patterns in its decimal expansion that give it the appearance of a rational number.
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