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0.999999... = 1?

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-25 9:53

What the fuck. Why is that true. They got different numbers in them.

Name: Anonymous 2006-07-13 15:56

>>163
Dear Dumbass,
I understand that 0.000...1 can't have a final digit and thus could not truly have a 1 'at the end' since there is no end.  If you wish to, you could infer this understanding from the statement I made regarding a similar representation, "since theres still an infinite number of 9's before that non-existent last digit" in reference to .999...8
Without regard to your idiocy, my point stands.  That point is that such a theoretical representation of the value (lim n->inf 1*10^-n)  would be equal to 0.  Since, as you so helpfully noted, there's an infinite number of 0s.  If your intent is to project the facade of a mathematician, please try to keep an open mind when dealing with representation of an abstract concept, and worry more about the properties and implications of a concept rather than its presentation.
Yours truly,
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