The SCCCIIIEEENNCNCCE FAQ

I thought it would be good if we had a board FAQ to explain basic concepts to the anonymii.

I'd start with:

1. Is it Maths or Math?
2. Is 1/0 infinite?
3. Is 0/0 i?
4. Is 0 positive?
5. Is 0.999999... equal to 1?
6. How did I do a barrel roll?

>>16
Ok, let me rephrase: Why not tell the kids that a decimal representation is not a process?

If you're going to go on and on about "the symbolization and how people react to it," you may as well not talk at all. Debating whether or not 0.999... = 1 without any sort of rigourous definition of what 0.999... and 1 mean is pointless and absurd. The question is a purely mathematical one, and the answer is that 0.999... = 1 unless someone specifies they are working in something other than the real numbers.