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On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:
>
> la xod cusku di'e
>
> >It reminds me of a "proof" I saw in high school that delivered 0 = 1.
>
> The usual way of proving 0 = 1 is dividing by zero. But mine is
> a valid proof. Which step do you have trouble with? Are the
> trailing 9's of 21.99999... different than those of 219.99999... ?
>
> >We can do Jorge's stunt more easily:
> > x = 0.9bar
> > 1 - x = 0.00 (...infinitude of zeros...) 001
> > = 0.0 {by handwaving}
>
> I assure you it is not a stunt. That "001" you have put at the
> end is just crazy, there is no such "last digit" in 1-x.
Are you sure it's not "there" after an infinite number of zeros?
I suppose that if we assume that 1/3 = 0.3bar, then it follows that 3/3 =
1 = 0.9bar.
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