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A question of numbers (one for the maths fans)

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Dr Jack
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06-22-2006 8:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by CK
06-22-2006 8:05 AM

Not only are they equal, they are different ways of writing the exact same number. It is not unique in this, every terminating decimal has two representations.
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06-23-2006 6:14 AM 		Reply to: Message 18 by riVeRraT
06-22-2006 11:14 PM

Re: infinities work fine
Ok, and apologies for not having the requisite mathematical symbols to do this more cleanly
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0.99r is a representation for sum(9/10n) for all n in Z+.
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9.99r is the same sum but for n in Z+0
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It is quite clear then that the only element in the sequence left after the subtraction is the one which corresponds to the n which is in Z+0 but not Z+, namely n=0, 9/100 = 9/1 = 9
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06-23-2006 10:19 AM 		Reply to: Message 45 by riVeRraT
06-23-2006 9:32 AM

Re: Saucy numbers
It is a number. It is another way of writing 1.
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