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Proof that .999~=1

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-26 6:16 ID:3WO6C39P

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-29 15:41 ID:hPuH7hdy

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>>15 here.

Might just be me, but it seemed like you're just talking babble.

It's not a limitation of our number system, it's merely an anomaly that occurs due to how we define the real numbers. All it means is that all rational numbers instead of having a unique decimal expression, have two. And it's easily solved by just picking one of the two either .999....~ or 1.000~ and using it for every decimal expansion.

lol, looked up nullity theory, I assume that guy did it for the lulz.

Why do we want infinitesimals?
I don't see it as a limitation, just a property of the real numbers.

In fact the existence of a real "infinitesimal" I'm pretty certain would lead to all sorts of contradictions.

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