Re: Idle Thoughts
- From: Dejan Stanic <dejan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:28:28 +0200
Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:
No matter how far you go, Delta will always be slightly > 0. That is by definition.
No it's not. Secondary school math.
If: x = 0.9999999... [infinitely]
Then: 10*x = 9.9999999... [infinitely]
Clearly: 10*x - x = 9*x
Or (in our concrete case): 9.9999999... - 0.9999999... = [exactly] 9:
Therefore: 9*x = 9
Therefore: x = 1
Therefore: 0.9999999... [infinitely] = 1
LP, Dejan
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