What Number is Bigger?
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The answer which has been mentioned a few times in this thread is that 1/3 is not equal to .333R any more than 10000000000000000^1000000000000000000 is equal to infinity. or 3.14159 is equal to pi......They are just numerical represenstations to represent 1/3 of something or infinity or anything else that cannot be defined numerically.
One third, infinity, etc are concepts they are not inherently numerical.
One third, infinity, etc are concepts they are not inherently numerical.
so the math nerds can feel like they belong...
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naw, but really i think this is cool to bring up, because a lot of people don't question things like this, and allow all that they are taught in school to go in their heads and come right back out on the final exams.
if we all were able to spend more time(and thought) on the material a lot more progress would be happening in our educational system....
but yeah this is just something to amuse yourself with, as with anything on siccness.
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naw, but really i think this is cool to bring up, because a lot of people don't question things like this, and allow all that they are taught in school to go in their heads and come right back out on the final exams.
if we all were able to spend more time(and thought) on the material a lot more progress would be happening in our educational system....
but yeah this is just something to amuse yourself with, as with anything on siccness.
1/3 IS the numerical representation for .33R! Just like the Pi symbol is the mathematical representation for 3.14......., on the other hand 1000^1000 is not equal to infinity because it is a number that you can actually calculate and infinity isn't. Even using the inverted 8 to stand for infinity doesn't have a numerical representation. Since you cannot calculate .33R into an actual number because you'd go on for ever, you can simply write it down as 1/3 because if you divided 1 over 3 you'd end up with .33R.
Infinity is not a number. 1/3 is.
Infinity is not a number. 1/3 is.
1 is always greater than 0.9999 recurring. Regardless of how many 9's you tack on the end, it will never equal 1.
After all, if 0.99999 recurring = 1, then 0.89999 recurring = 0.9 and 0.6499999 recurring = 0.65. I know the human mind loves round numbers and hates the concept of infinity, I personally can't justify believing in the "0.9999 recurring = 1" argument though. The worlds not that elegant.
After all, if 0.99999 recurring = 1, then 0.89999 recurring = 0.9 and 0.6499999 recurring = 0.65. I know the human mind loves round numbers and hates the concept of infinity, I personally can't justify believing in the "0.9999 recurring = 1" argument though. The worlds not that elegant.