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From: cscussel@ihuxq.UUCP
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Subject: Near-miss equality
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Date: Tue, 23-Aug-83 09:48:26 EDT
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I forgot to mention my current favorite. It's not really that near a miss,
but it's curious enough to make up for that:

                        i
                       i  = 1/5

It's actually about 0.208-, but it is in fact real (that is, not complex).