RE: By the way, 0.999... = 1
November 16, 2011 at 9:09 am
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2011 at 9:09 am by IATIA.)
(November 16, 2011 at 1:27 am)edk141 Wrote: Which equation?
here
(November 16, 2011 at 1:27 am)edk141 Wrote: If there are infinite zeroes and then a 1, there is no 1. What would the smallest number larger than 0.0...1 be? Are numbers preceded by an infinite number of zeroes even ordered? Any of these numbers with infinite zeros followed by some other numbers is simultaneously equal to itself, larger than itself and smaller than itself, which doesn't sound much like a number to me.
That is why infinity is a problem. In scientific notation one can show these infinitely long strings (including the next number up or down), but they are all still considered to be equal to 0.
[1 ≤ |x| < 10] xE-infinity=0
Infinity - x, where x is any number still equals infinity. Any attempt to use infinity in an equation results in invalid answers.
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