Re:0.999...= 1
by brutt on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:59PM
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number .
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You're working with surreal numbers? This is not what people would expect unless it's explicitly stated. In addition, you're likely going to have a hard time explaining surreal numbers to someone who struggles to grasp that 0.999... = 1 in the ordinary reals.
Surreal numbers and infinistemal are simpler to work with when you need to work with infinite series.
Here John Conway explains them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eAmxgINXrE