What the fuck. Why is that true. They got different numbers in them.
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Anonymous2006-06-09 1:52
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The ellipsis ... doesn't have a formal definition in mathematics. It merely stands for "and so forth". Their meaning is derived from conventional use. I recognise that in practice, a limiting value is understood by agreement among certain academics, but it is not necessarily so.
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Anonymous2006-06-09 2:08
I should revise the above statement to include the fact that the more official ways to show the repetition of digits (bars, dots) are widely understood to mean merely that: the continued repetition of digits without end. The interpretation that they must symbolize a limiting value of that repetition is an interpretation after all, and those that do not share the interpretion will not readily accept the assertions of equality.