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Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:45 am
by Mercy
A real proof would start with "Let ε > 0".

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:50 pm
by ghug
I explicitly said NO MATH EQUATIONS

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:46 pm
by Jeff Kuta
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Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 2:26 am
by ItsHosuke
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Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:41 am
by Jeff Kuta
I was told there would be no math.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:22 am
by ItsHosuke
O.9999999... doesn't equal 1, simply because it's an O in front, not 0 (Zero)

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Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:01 am
by yavuzovic
The problem is not 0.99999999999...
10-9.9999999999999999.... seems more confusing. Can someone explain that smallest positive number?

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:58 am
by Rjmcf
Can someone explain to me why “a” is essentially the same as “A”? Only don’t use the whole alphabet, only use the letters a, h, x, and z. Any answers that contain letters other than those I won’t accept for some arbitrary reason. Thanks.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:25 pm
by reedeer1
Is the name color based on donation level?

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:19 pm
by Wattsthematter
This is Wattsthematter testing the new forum.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:25 pm
by CaptainFritz28
yavuzovic wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:01 am
The problem is not 0.99999999999...
10-9.9999999999999999.... seems more confusing. Can someone explain that smallest positive number?
It's 1*10^-infinity.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:28 pm
by CaptainFritz28
I disagree with the notion that 0.9999999... = 1. Usually people like to "prove" this by talking about 0.333333... = 1/3, and that 1/3*3 = 1, so 0.33333...*3 = 1, and thus 0.9999... = 1. But this fails to take into account the fact that 0.33333... is merely a decimal approximation of 1/3, albeit infinitely close, just as 0.9999... is infinitely close to 1.

The two numbers are differentiated by an amount equal to 1*10^-infinity.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:59 pm
by cdngooner
But this fails to take into account the fact that 0.33333... is merely a decimal approximation of 1/3
I'm not sure that is correct. If you ever stop the repeating sequence, THEN 0.3333333333333333333333333333 is an approximation of 1/3. But if you accept that 0.3333333333333333333333.... is a repeating rational number, then it IS EQUAL to 1/3. Its the infinite repetition that makes it equal. Any contrary argument implicitly assumes that the function stops repeating at some point.

Re: O.9999999... = 1?

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:02 pm
by kingofthepirates
what's up with these random forums popping back up after so long? 7 years or so before the posts today... crazy! Anyway, I saw math and felt the urge to post/correct:

0.99999... infinitely repeating is equal to 1.

10*0.999999...=9.999999...
10*0.999999...-0.999999...=9*0.999999...=9.999999...-0.999999=9
therefore: 9*0.999999...=9, divide both sides by 9, and we get 0.999999...=1

furthermore, the limit as x->-infinity of 1*10^x is 0, so 1-0.99999... infinitely repeating is 0, so 1=0.99999... infinitely repeating.

the two numbers are mathematically equal to each other. Another way to think of is as the limit of the series 9*10^-n, as n goes to infinity.

for a more worded explanation: consider 0.999... repeating. to make exactly 1, a person would need to add 0.000...1, where there are infinity 0's before the 1. the 1 will never arrive, because there are infinite 0's, which is the same as 0. so 0.9... repeating is the same 1, since their difference is 0. This explanation was how I first comprehended the equality between the 0.9... repeating and 1.
CaptainFritz28 wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:25 pm
yavuzovic wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:01 am
The problem is not 0.99999999999...
10-9.9999999999999999.... seems more confusing. Can someone explain that smallest positive number?
It's 1*10^-infinity.
the smallest positive number also doesn't really exist, since you could get infinitely close to 0, but there will always be number between any number you give and 0. as a direct counter example, if 1*10^-infinity is a positive number (which implies non-zero), a smaller number would be 1/2*10^-infinity. and you could keep cutting that smaller and smaller, ad infinitum.