Irrational Love (why true love is like an irrational number)
In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as a fraction of two whole numbers. Two of the best-known irrational numbers are pi and e (Euler's number). The decimal expansion of an irrational number is non-repeating and non-terminating. This is not the case with rational numbers (for example 1/4 can be expressed in decimal form as 0.25 - which terminates with the digit 5; 1/3, on the other hand, is expressed in decimal form as 0.333333..., in which the digit 3 repeats ad infinitum).
Below is a verse which relates irrational numbers with true love.
Trivia
Below is an interesting trivia on how pi, an irrational number, is used in the software versioning of TeX, a typesetting software popular among scientific journal-writers.
TeX has an idiosyncratic version numbering system. Since version 3, updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end, so that the version number asymptotically approaches π (pi). The current version is 3.1415926. TeX developer Donald Knuth has stated that the "absolutely final change (to be made after my death)" will be to change the version number to π, at which point all remaining bugs will become permanent features. (Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX)
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