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Re: 0.9999... = 1 that means mathematics ends in contradiction
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Mar 9, 2013 12:09 PM
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:00:16 -0800 (PST), spermatozon@yahoo.com wrote:
>Australias leading erotic poet colin leslie dean shows that if >0.9999... = 1 that means mathematics ends in contradiction > >http://www.scribd.com/doc/40697621/Mathematics-Ends-in-Meaninglessness-ie-self-contradiction > >simply >0.9999... = 1 >0.9999.... is a non-finite number/
There is no such thing! You clearly have no idea what 0.999... means!! It s a symbol which represents an "infinite series", which in turn is a sequence. The statement 0.999... = 1 means that the sequence converges to the number represented by the numeral "1".
>1 is a finite number >thus we have >a finite number = non-finite number >thus a contradiction in terms >thus >mathematics ends in contradiction > > > >It is pointed out >the symbol/numeral 0.9999.... represents a number N that number N never ends ie IS noni-finite >The symbol /numeral and the number ARE THE SAME they are equivalent concepts > >the numeral "0.999..."ie non-finite never ends and represents a number N That number N never ends ie is non-finite > >THE SYMBOL/ NUMERAL AND NUMBER ARE THE SAME THEY ARE EQUIVILANT CONCEPTS >
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