submitted 4 months ago by Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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This little guy craves the light of knowledge and wants to know why 0.999... = 1. He wants rigour, but he does accept proofs starting with any sort of premise.

Enlighten him.

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[-] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Never thought of employing the geometric series for this, that’s clever.

[-] dat_math@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

^_^ thank you!

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