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In response to
"I totally get that; but I will never say they're equal. -- nm"
by
b.
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Exactly. I think mathematicians are afraid to say it hurts their heads to think about infinity so the find a way of making infinity end.
Posted by
TWuG
Mar 5 '10, 13:42
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"See? We proved that 1 equals something that isn't 1, but would be if it wasn't!"
By saying 1 = .999.... they are putting a de facto end to the sequence and calling .999... exact when it isn't.
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