Talk:pith

RFV discussion: May–June 2020
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)