0.99999~ = 1 ?

Shouldn't there be some sort of conditional involved or something? I don't see how it could be considered accurate to say that 0.99999~ is precisely equivalent to 1.I appreciate that, for all intents and purposes, they are equivalent. But mathematically they simply are not, right?Maybe I'm missing something.

Yeah I get it now.My brain doesn't want to cooperate, but thanks to the specific examples given by you guys, I understand now.Well... I am 99.99999~% sure that I understand anyway

Hi RAZDAs always, nice presentation. These sorts of things are fascinating. Even the simple graphic representation you provided using a yellow font to show the repeating pattern is fascinating. (My favourite example of this kind of thing is the Mandlebrot Set, which has nothing to do with 1=0.999~ but is an example of visualised mathematics).Even wiki has a large page regarding .999999~I wonder what other sort of mathematics concepts I'm underinformed on hehe.

This illuminates the matter even further.I thank you, and Huntard for the OP as well.

Hi HuntardWow, infinity ("the abyss") really drove Cantor crazy hehe.Thanks for the link, I was looking for something to watch tonight (as opposed to watching "The Wire" for the third time).Thanks for the link.

That's how my brain wanted to approach the problem, but several members posted this very useful way of looking at it...1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 11/3 = .333R.333R + .333R + .333R = .999Rtherefore .999R = 1Precisely and exactly equal.Edited by Briterican, : No reason given.