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Posted by: Soviet Revival
the only thing philosophical about this thread is mister math.
Posted by: Elite_Buddy
Well, I'm presuming you're trying to write the doesn't equal sign, so yes. Because 0.9 recurring is not equal to 1. It's as close as you can get to 1 without getting to 1 though.The set of reals (or rationals, for that matter) is dense, FYI. This means there is ALWAYS a number between any two numbers you can pick; therefore, there is no number that is as close to 1 as possible without being 1. If they are distinct numbers, there will be an infinite amount of numbers between them. Also, analytic proofs suggest that even if you could have 1 - w where w is infinitesimal, this number still would not be represented by 0.999..., and 0.999... would still equal 1.
Also: Evidence=Get a rectangle which is already measured in cm. Measure the sides. Do the LxW. Then, get a heap of cubic centimetre cubes, and 'tile' them on the square and count them. You should have the same ammount as LxW.Not proof. That only proves it works for that one rectangle; however, there are an uncountably infinite amount of rectangles.
Also, would you believe your teacher for that formula? How do you know that a k looks like this: K How do you know that that is spelt: that?
Your logic is flawed.People define language. Everywhere I have gone K looks like K, and ''that'' is spelled t-h-a-t. Mathematics, however, has to be proven.
Posted by: Dark Martyr 117
Posted by: Hank
You're not as cool as Mister Math.
Agreed. I love how some of the "higher up" members have been quite intimidated by his intelligence lately though...For your information, Disambiguation has a much higher breadth and depth of mathematical knowledge than I.
[Edited on 12.10.2010 1:32 PM PST]