0.999… == 1

2 Comments Published October 31st, 2008 in Life, universe and everything, Opinions Tags: .

Did you know?

 
 
    1
    - x 3 = 1
    3
 
 
    1
    - = 0.333...
    3
 
 
    0.333... x 3 = 0.999...
 
 
    ...then...
 
 
    0.999... = 1

Are you searching for the trick? Believe it or not, this demonstration is true.

Maybe the old intel pentiums were right...

1 Jevgeni Oct 31st, 2008 at 16:37

Seriously? Have you skipped all the Calculus lessons? It’s like the first thing you learn about the real numbers, each finitely representable one has a dual representation.
2 Luigi Oct 31st, 2008 at 16:51

I had the flu that day :)