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In response to "not infinity but the way we represent infinity :)" by Danedukenuuk

The way we, humans, represent infinity in our limited physical capabilities is not important in mathematics -- nm

Posted by Guigue (aka Guigue) Mar 5 '10, 13:42

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no??? ask Reagan about that - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:44 2
- We don't need to calculate it, we (human beings) invented the damn thing! And we decided that 0.999... is the same as 1 -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 13:48 1
  - thats my point exactly - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 14:10

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