.99999999 infinity = 1?

[mar77a]

There's no such thing as 1.000~1, it's simply 1.0000~ (1) because the 1 never appears.

[Swarmer]

EDIT: Hmmmmm, does 1.000~1 = 1 ?
>_>

Well, you can't really have a .000~1.  If the zeros go on infinitely there's no "end" to put the 1 on.  Think of it as 1/(10^x), with x getting bigger and bigger towards infinity.
x = 1:   1/10 = .1
x = 2:   1/100 = .01
x = 3:   1/1000 = .001
etc.
And for .000~1 you need x to be infinity.  However, infinity is not a number.  You have to take the limit as x goes to infinity.  The limit of 1/(10^x) as x goes to infinity equals zero.  So .000~1 equals zero.

So yes, 1.000~1 equals 1, but .000~1 isn't really conventional.

[VijchtiDoodah]

Swarmer's on the right track, but it's much easier to write it as 1 + 1/(10^x).  As x → ∞, 1 + 1/(10^x) → 1.

[John The Engineer]

Meh... it's close enough

[Omri143]

<3 Math

[Camping_carl]

... so should i take how many of you said its 1.. and add them up and how many of you said it isnt an who ever has the most wins?


or is there real proof of something because all those numbers are confusing the heck out of me.

[The Red Guy]

... so should i take how many of you said its 1.. and add them up and how many of you said it isnt an who ever has the most wins?


or is there real proof of something because all those numbers are confusing the heck out of me.

Gotta love math.