A question of numbers (one for the maths fans)

no they are spelt differently , using .999999999 in place of 1 on your tax form will result in a penalty payment , and any way you have not stated your units .
otherwise you are playing with meaningless symbols .to paraphrase your "proofs"
x=0.999999...
10x=9.999999...
10x-x = 9.999999... - 0.999999...
9x = 9Therefore x=1thereforethus x-1.0000000000 =0.0000000000000000000000000................where x=1
or0.999999999..... - 1 = 0.11111111111111111111111111111111 ........where x=0.99999999999999999...............mind you for you corporate accounts it might help with your negative proof situation ...
which is it ?????????Edited by ikabod, : opss pressed submit by mistake

opsss my bad ok i ment0.999999999..... - 1 = 0.00000000000000000000000000000..~1ok soon your working on following.99999999999..... X 2.00000000000........ = what ?what is .9999999999999999......... X .9999999999999999999999........ ?what is the square root of .9999999.......99999 + .0001001001002 = ???1/.999999.. = ??and good old .99999999999.. + .10000000000000.. = ??

yes but 1 is really 1.0000000.................. so you can do many maths as all numbers are a infinty.abstract realities got to luv them .....now what the real question is is what colour and flavour is .99999999.... compared to 1.000000000000000000...............

no numbers exsist .. they are a notational agreement between people ..thus you can have x+y=n at the same time as having 1+2=3go read 1984 then look in doing sums ..btw the colour blue does not exsist its just a label for a wavelenght of light

QUOTE Blue is not just a wavelength of light. It is how our brains interpret that wave length when viewed through our eyes. Which is a separate thing from the actual wave length of blue light.QUOTEif blues is seperate from the light wave , can i have a pound of blue please ...or in a pitch black totally unilluminated room can you tell if the floor is blue or not ..without the use of light waves .if i burn a sheet of blue paper , and retain all the atoms of the original blue sheet , where does the blue go ?sorry got total off topic ,if .999999... is a number can i have a 0.99999.... ton block of lead ??Edited by ikabod, : No reason given.Edited by ikabod, : No reason given.