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Re: Proof 0.999... is not equal to one.

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Subject: Re: Proof 0.999... is not equal to one.
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by: bassam karzeddin - Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:04 UTC

On Friday, June 1, 2007 at 4:56:42 AM UTC+3, chaj...@mail.com wrote:
> > A sum of an infinite set is defined as a certain limit.
> Through convention alone. We have asserted this definition.
> > You have contradicted yourself. A sum of an infinite set is a limit.
> > How else would you define a sum of an infinite set?
> Well I think it is clear that the geometic series that represents
> 0.999... would sum to 0.999... yet the limit is 1. Defining the sum of
> an infinite set is a convenience of notation so that we need not
> append lim n-> infinity to the beginning of every infinite series. In
> my own studies I append just such a thing.
>
> > You need to think again about what an infinite sum means.
> >
> Perhaps you may find it beneficial to ponder the relation an entity
> has to its limit.
> --charlie

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Re: Proof 0.999... is not equal to one.	bassam karzeddin