Re:0.999...= 1
by baddox on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:14AM
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But you absolutely can evaluate that limit as N goes to infinity and correctly conclude that 1/3 does equal 0.333 repeating.
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Re:0.999...= 1
by ball_of_lint on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:34AM
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Repeating decimals may be introduced in a mathematics education long before any other infinite series or the methods used to tame them, such ass limits.
I see the introduction of a conceptually incomplete notion as one of the big hurdle of school-level math: without limits, children are asked to just adopt the axiom that there is such a thing as a concept of infinity with any form of practical usefulness, and this riles.
It's only with limits and proper formalism that I was reconciled with maths that frankly were just tending towards approaching an equality with bullshit.