RE: By the way, 0.999... = 1
November 15, 2011 at 12:34 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2011 at 1:28 am by Modular Moog V.)
(November 3, 2011 at 1:37 pm)Tiberius Wrote: True, you cannot use infinite values in algebra, but we aren't. 0.999... isn't infinite, it is infinitely long. There is a big difference. Technically, all values can be represented as infinitely long:
1 = 1.000...
3.64 = 3.64000...
Etc.
There are various proofs that 0.999... = 1, not all of them are algebraic.
Sometimes there are questions when "infinity" is used. it is a concept, some say a limit. But what about the "set" of infinite limits?
Can anyone demonstrate to us what the difference is between "infinite", and/or "infinitely long"?
Are all numbers infinte
(November 15, 2011 at 12:34 am)Pendragon Wrote:(November 3, 2011 at 1:37 pm)Tiberius Wrote: True, you cannot use infinite values in algebra, but we aren't. 0.999... isn't infinite, it is infinitely long. There is a big difference. Technically, all values can be represented as infinitely long:
1 = 1.000...
3.64 = 3.64000...
Etc.
There are various proofs that 0.999... = 1, not all of them are algebraic.
Sometimes there are questions when "infinity" is used. it is a concept, some say a limit. But what about the "set" of infinite limits?
Can anyone demonstrate to us what the difference is between "infinite", and/or "infinitely long"?
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