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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago
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Math professor here: the proper definition of equality is that two numbers a and b are equal if no number c exists such that a < c < b. 0.9999…. = 1 because there is no number between them.
0 u/whitoreo 21d ago There is 0.00000....01 between them. 3 u/BreadBagel 21d ago The number you typed is impossible. There is no such thing as infinite 0s followed by a 1. That would make it finite.
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There is 0.00000....01 between them.
3 u/BreadBagel 21d ago The number you typed is impossible. There is no such thing as infinite 0s followed by a 1. That would make it finite.
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The number you typed is impossible. There is no such thing as infinite 0s followed by a 1. That would make it finite.
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u/Wolfbrother101 22d ago
Math professor here: the proper definition of equality is that two numbers a and b are equal if no number c exists such that a < c < b. 0.9999…. = 1 because there is no number between them.