does .9 repeating equal one?

[KrazyHorse]

Somebody asks an Analysis question and you're surprised we start talking about Analysis?

[loinburger]

I'm not surprised, but c'mon: It's Calc, not Analysis, as witnessed by the fact that I learned the answer in Calc, not Analysis (which I don't think I've ever taken). 'Course, apparently either one's lost on Sava...

[KrazyHorse]

Calc. is just Analysis lite...

[loinburger]

Well, maybe, but the point is that it's answered with limits and sums of infinite series, not Cauchy Smegma or Triangular Fellatio or whatever it is that's fried my (alcohol weakened) brain...

[KrazyHorse]

The limits are all evaluated crappily, though...and the way the stuff is done is easily abstractable to general cases if you do it rigorously.

I can't remember who said it, but it's often true that in mathematics it's often easier to prove more than you need to...

[KrazyHorse]

Triangular Fellatio

Mmmm....triangular fellatio.

[Ramo]

I wonder how that works.

[loinburger]

I believe that it requires that one be endowed with multiple manhoods. (I forget the medical term for said condition...)

[carnide_]

Why do you need Omega consistency?

http://www-math.mit.edu/~tchow/mathstuff/piddling

As you can see, you still need an algorithm to add two strings together and produce the answer string. In a FINITE number of steps.
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Of course, you can say PI instead of 3.141592..., or 1/3 instead of 0.33333333.... .
But this tread is on dealing with the consistency of the .99999999... representation.
So long for your omega consistency, and infinite series of teorems.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Ramo
I wonder how that works.

The tallest guy is the hypoteneuse. (sp?)