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Re:Cantor diagonalisation by _rpd on Friday March 10, 2017 @08:24PM (#13843581)
Can every real number be represented by a (possibly infinite) decimal? ...

http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/409658/can-every-rea...

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Re:Cantor diagonalisation by 77pt77 on Friday March 10, 2017 @09:18PM (#13843788)
The answer is yes but it's not a unique representation.

1 = 0.9999999999..... for example

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