1/3 = 0.333333333333...
2/3 = 0.666666666666...
3/3 = 1

3/3 = 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3

And since 1/3 = 0.3333...

Then:

3/3 = 0.33333... + 0.33333... + 0.33333...

So:

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 0.33333 + 0.33333... + 0.33333...

Now if all of the above is true, then:

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1

So...

0.3333... + 0.3333... +0.3333... = 1

But we know 0.3333... + 0.3333... + 0.3333... = 0.9999... as well

So, we can conclude from all of the redundancies above, that 0.9999... = 1

It's all redundancies to help the retarded mind.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on May 8 2010 08:46pm

Incorrect, I'm afraid.

0.99999999999... =/= 1

Because 0.3333333333... etc =/= 1/3
and 0.666666666666... etc. =/= 2/3



Let more chaos ensue!

This post was edited by shem on May 8 2010 09:00pm

i think he copy/pasted it w/o reading it first

edit : +27

This post was edited by Taxidermy on May 8 2010 09:09pm

i'd like to see half the people here take the USAMO with this kind of logic
or better yet IMO

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#$?%!#$%!#$%?!#$%!#$%!#$%!#$%!#$%13451#$%?!#$?!?#$%?%$?$?%#???%134513
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im lost

if it makes the people who think .99 repeating doesn't equal 1 feel any better, even though mathematicians agree that it does in fact equal 1, they acknowledge that it's a serious problem. if you ever take real analysis, a much better foundation for the real number system than the "sum of fractions" one is developed so that this kind of inconsistency (having more than one representation for a number) doesn't happen. so mathematicians agree with you that it's pathological and doesn't make sense, but their response (creating a more rigorous definition) is more constructive than the 0.9... = 1 deniers (just shake your head and ignore proofs)

This post was edited by valarking on May 8 2010 11:17pm

lol 1 question lead to 43 pages, though its a very good question

it's not a very good question. it's just divisive, as people with naive experience in mathematics refuse to accept things that intuition doesn't confirm.

"Kahl 4 Prez Likes This"

Exactly, why should anybody read all of that without even them reading what they pasted firstly.

I mean look at this particular sentence he pasted.



I mean what the fuck does 15:04, 15 August 2009 suppose to mean anyway? I could never understand the concept based upon that theory about whatever that means. That confused me to heights way beyond Balakain's imagination. I just can't believe the transendence of the conversatory ritual that was supposedly pasted onto that curriculum found its way into the confines of this coordinates without the adequate permission of the original thread poster.