In article <1180692590.811185.289980@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, <chajadan@mail.com> wrote:
>I do agree that lim_{n -> oo} [ 9*10^{-1} + 9*10^{-2} +.... + 9*10^{- >n}] = 1 if we limit our result to real numbers. Otherwise the limit >would be 0.999... and not 1.
What do you mean, "limit ourselves to the real numbers"? The limit is 1 in any field that includes the real numbers. What other kind of numbers are you thinking of?
-- Richard
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