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Is 1 = 0.9999......

Well, welcome to the flame fest. I sense that some folks are getting uncomfortable with this, but they can always go elsewhere. MadRat, RossGR was being reasonable, and he is at least trying to show us why he thinks he is right. Since he is one of maybe two here doing this, cut him slack and...
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- Post #765
- Feb 5, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

Bleeb said: Galileo agrees:
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- Post #735
- Feb 4, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

This is what I was driving at earlier; Galileo
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- Post #733
- Feb 4, 2003
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

As to the .9+.1=1 .99+.01=1 .999+.001=1 and so on towards infinity example, Blaise Pascal said this: lemma is a preliminary proposition or thereom accepted for immediate use in a demonstration of some other proposition. So according to Pascal, this type of proof does work.
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- Post #731
- Feb 4, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

RossGR, No harm, no foul. And personally I am GLAD there is no equation editor because then my mathematical ignorance would be bare to the world :) Above quote was by Georg Cantor. Probably out of context, but I'll still use it. And I am comforted by the fact that if I am wrong, I am wrong in...
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- Post #730
- Feb 4, 2003
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

Not insulted personally. Just don't want to see this degenerate into flames. And you making assumptions about how much time I do wonder about this question doesn't weaken my credibility (or self-esteem) in the least. The fact that you seem to be falling back on using such tactics (as the above...
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- Post #728
- Feb 4, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

RossGR, To say infinity is well defined is not part of my "box". I have been quite reasonable during this discussion. Have even given you credit for a good representation of what you are trying to say. In return I get veiled insults and a condescending attitude? This is what has brought...
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- Post #721
- Feb 4, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

That is a very good question! I am sensing that the fact that the nines go on and on somehow allows people here to feel they have a grasp on it. But, is it a number? Numbers represent values. If you cannot define the value of a number, is it still a number? Just because it is made up of...
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- Post #719
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

Previous post was all in good fun. That is a pretty good way of looking at it (1.999... post above this one) But I still don't see how you can apply rule of forever to one number and not the other. Well, I will just agree to disagree with you on this and call it a night (which it is where I am).
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- Post #693
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

Pondering further, we are dancing around the main question: Can we add one to infinity? By the nature of my previous arguments, I say that we can. In order for you to prove otherwise, you would need an infinite amount of time. Using your concept of infinite is close enough, that means you...
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- Post #692
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

RossGR, I will concede that my EXPRESSION of the concept .000...1 is technically incorrect, however, I am asking you to overlook the expression (in our finite system) and look more to the concept itself. If one number can go on forever, so can the other. It is so simple. The nines are...
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- Post #689
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

BruinEd03, Flame, what flame? No one is getting upset except the kids. RossGR, I did read your explanation. Do not imply my attempt at understanding was not serious. Seriously. Haircut, I think you just killed the thread!
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- Post #682
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What do you want put on your grave ?

.999... does NOT equal 1.
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- Post #27
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 1 = 0.9999......

You add a nine, I add a zero. Back and forth. On and on. FOREVER. My equation will ALWAYS be true. .999... does not equal 1.
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- Post #679
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How to avoid making annoying posts

HELP! I am in excrutiating pain and am bleeding profusely. Do you guys think I should go to the hospital?
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- Post #9
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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