07-28-2008, 06:39 AM
(07-27-2008, 09:54 PM)Mike link Wrote: Law of arithmetic equality: a=b, iff a-b=0.
And now what we have: a=1, b=0.99999.., so a-b=(0.00001..)
So, it doesn't work.
Actually, what Peter said was, believe it or not, correct.
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1=0.99 just as much as 0.13 = 13/99
The numbers 1 and 13/99 aren't infinite, but the others are.
Its just limiting infinite numbers.
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