However, this does provide the opportunity to think a bit more deeply about identity and being able to refer to a thing, like π.
To expand on this, the number n, like the number π, has no decimal representation, but unlike most real numbers, it is well-defined since it can be pointed to and thus named: the equation as given in the post is one such name (it is an implicit representation of n; simple algebra may be used to rewrite it into a more explicit form).
If n became useful enough, we could even give it a simpler name (like we did with π and 2),... (read more)
I'm kind of annoyed by the challenge, also.
However, this does provide the opportunity to think a bit more deeply about identity and being able to refer to a thing, like π.
To expand on this, the number n, like the number π, has no decimal representation, but unlike most real numbers, it is well-defined since it can be pointed to and thus named: the equation as given in the post is one such name (it is an implicit representation of n; simple algebra may be used to rewrite it into a more explicit form).
If n became useful enough, we could even give it a simpler name (like we did with π and 2),... (read more)