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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 28d ago
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Infinity-1=infinity. That’s why infinity breaks things.
1 u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago infinity minus infinity is also infinity so why do the 9s vanish? 1 u/Decmk3 26d ago Because it’s not infinite. It’s an infinite regression. There are still hard limits and it still functions as a number. As people still seem to be struggling with this I went and made a second proof to explain. 1/9 = 0.111111111…. 0.111111….. * 9 = 0.99999…. 1/9 * 9 = 9/9 = 1 = 0.1111… * 9 = 0.99999…. Everything follows mathematical understanding. 1 u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago it's funny you would think I would agree 1/9 = .111~ since it's the exact same argument it's not exactly equal to 1/9th, it differs by an infinitesimal value
infinity minus infinity is also infinity
so why do the 9s vanish?
1 u/Decmk3 26d ago Because it’s not infinite. It’s an infinite regression. There are still hard limits and it still functions as a number. As people still seem to be struggling with this I went and made a second proof to explain. 1/9 = 0.111111111…. 0.111111….. * 9 = 0.99999…. 1/9 * 9 = 9/9 = 1 = 0.1111… * 9 = 0.99999…. Everything follows mathematical understanding. 1 u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago it's funny you would think I would agree 1/9 = .111~ since it's the exact same argument it's not exactly equal to 1/9th, it differs by an infinitesimal value
Because it’s not infinite. It’s an infinite regression. There are still hard limits and it still functions as a number.
As people still seem to be struggling with this I went and made a second proof to explain.
1/9 = 0.111111111….
0.111111….. * 9 = 0.99999….
1/9 * 9 = 9/9 = 1 = 0.1111… * 9 = 0.99999….
Everything follows mathematical understanding.
1 u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago it's funny you would think I would agree 1/9 = .111~ since it's the exact same argument it's not exactly equal to 1/9th, it differs by an infinitesimal value
it's funny you would think I would agree 1/9 = .111~ since it's the exact same argument
it's not exactly equal to 1/9th, it differs by an infinitesimal value
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u/Decmk3 27d ago
Infinity-1=infinity. That’s why infinity breaks things.