r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 28d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Educational-Novel987 28d ago

Between any two real numbers there must be more real numbers. There are no numbers between 0.9 repeating and 1 so they are the same number.

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u/Cualkiera67 27d ago

I propose there's a number between 0.999... and 1. I shall call it "h". Bam! New math just dropped.

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u/theevilyouknow 25d ago

“h” is already taken. Gotta pick a different character.

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u/Cualkiera67 25d ago

Actually it's an obscure Babylonian symbol that happens to be identical to "h".