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Offlineamyloid
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mind bender...
    #1362589 - 03/10/03 08:26 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

.99(bar) is = to 1:

1/3 = .33(bar) correct?(lets call this statement 1)
3*1/3 = 1 correct?(2)
3*.33(bar) = .99(bar) correct?(3)
.99(bar) = 1

any 2 differnt numbers has a number between it, .99(bar) and 1 has nothing between it

can a mathmatician prove this wrong...please, ive done broke myself =(

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Re: mind bender... [Re: amyloid]
    #1362635 - 03/10/03 08:44 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

EDIT: Been out of school way too long.


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Edited by luvdemshrooms (03/10/03 01:00 PM)

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Re: mind bender... [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1362731 - 03/10/03 09:27 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

.99(bar) means .9999999999999999999999(with 9's continuing towards infinity)


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Re: mind bender... [Re: amyloid]
    #1362803 - 03/10/03 09:56 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

You are correct. Here is a simple algebraic proof.

0.9999... = x
9.9999... = 10x Multiply by 10
9 = 9x Subtract first statement from second
1 = x Divide both sides by 9

There are no numbers between them because they are the same number. Any two different real numbers have an infinite number of real numbers between them.


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Re: mind bender... [Re: amyloid]
    #1362808 - 03/10/03 09:58 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

Quote:

.99(bar) is = to 1:




This is not correct.

.99(bar) = .99(bar), not 1.00(bar)

You could also say that .99(bar) = 1 - 1/inf (might have to take the limit, been a while since calc)





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Re: mind bender... [Re: Seuss]
    #1362875 - 03/10/03 10:30 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

>This is not correct.

But ToxicMan just gave you a mathematical proof that 0.99(bar) = 1 .

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Re: mind bender... [Re: amyloid]
    #1363020 - 03/10/03 11:32 AM (21 years, 24 days ago)

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Edited by TheHateCamel (12/05/07 08:58 PM)

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Re: mind bender... [Re: TheHateCamel]
    #1363847 - 03/10/03 05:01 PM (21 years, 23 days ago)

The (bar) part is trying to convey the mathematical notation used to indicate an infinitely repeating decimal. So he's referring to the number 0.99999999999999 (with an infinite number of 9's).


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Re: mind bender... [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1363941 - 03/10/03 05:37 PM (21 years, 23 days ago)

Quote:

0.9999... = x
9.9999... = 10x Multiply by 10
9 = 9x Subtract first statement from second
1 = x Divide both sides by 9




Here we run into the same problem. To prove that 0.9(bar) equals 1, you assume that 0.9(bar) does equal 1 in the third step. However, 0.9(bar) times 9 is really equal to 8.9(bar).

0.9(bar) does not equal 1. Merely the limit as the number of decimal places approaches infinity of 0.9(bar) is equal to 1. Simply put, 0.9(bar) approaches 1, but never equals it.

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Re: mind bender... [Re: Anonymous]
    #1363996 - 03/10/03 06:00 PM (21 years, 23 days ago)

No. I used the 3 dots to indicate an infinite repetition of the 9's, instead of the (bar). If I multiply 0.9999 (infinite number of 9's) by 10 I get 9.9999 (infinite number of 9's). I can subtract the different sides of the equation from each other because they are equal expressions. And the difference will be exactly 9. Since 9x = 9, x must be equal to 1.

This proof is based on the method for converting a repeating decimal to a fraction. In this case it demonstrates that the denominator of the fraction is 1.


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Re: mind bender... [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1364031 - 03/10/03 06:15 PM (21 years, 23 days ago)

OK, I wrote it out and it works, algebrically.  However, because infinity can never be reached, would it not also be true that 1 is merely the limit?

It is very interesting how a process learned in middle school can solve such a problem... I'm going to take this one to my calculus teacher, see what he thinks.

PS: Problems like this kick ass :laugh:

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Re: mind bender... [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1364270 - 03/10/03 09:36 PM (21 years, 23 days ago)


0.9999... = x
9.9999... = 10x Multiply by 10
9 = 9x Subtract first statement from second
1 = x Divide both sides by 9


the algebra is correct but something still bothers me...

check it out:

if .9(bar) = 1

then

(1/inf) = 0 ?

since they both represent limits?
:confused:

 

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Re: mind bender... [Re: infidelGOD]
    #1364693 - 03/11/03 03:13 AM (21 years, 23 days ago)

stonedfish - yes, that's another way of thinking of it. You're making the statement into the sum as x=1 to infinity of 9 times 10^-x, where the limit indeed approaches 1. By using the (bar) notation we are indicating the actual existence of an infinite number of digits, so 0.9999(bar) becomes actually another way to write the number 1. Obviously, a less convenient way.

infidelGOD - yes, 1/infinity = 0. In fact, for all real numbers x > 0, x/infinity = 0.


If you guys are developing an interest in infinity I can recommend Infinity and the Mind - The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by Rudy Rucker. His PhD thesis was on Transfinite Numbers, so he knows about about infinities. Here's a link to his home page. He teaches mathematics at San Jose State University in California and writes some interesting science fiction.


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Re: mind bender... [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1364702 - 03/11/03 03:17 AM (21 years, 23 days ago)

hhmmmmm....

shouldn't it be:
for all real numbers x >= 0, x/infinity = 0 since 0/x is always 0?

so 1/inf = 0/inf?

OK my mind is bent  :confused:




 

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Re: mind bender... [Re: infidelGOD]
    #1365166 - 03/11/03 06:28 AM (21 years, 23 days ago)

Yeah, zero/infinity should be zero, too.

You have to be real cautious about including zeros and infinities in the same expression. A lot of those expressions are undefined - there is no meaningful result. A typical example is zero * infinity. Typically the ones that give results are arrived at through limits. Remember that you have to investigate the limits from both above and below.


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Re: mind bender... [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1365596 - 03/11/03 08:51 AM (21 years, 23 days ago)

On that note, how can infinity^infinity still equal infinity?

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Re: mind bender... [Re: Anonymous]
    #1366031 - 03/11/03 11:11 AM (21 years, 23 days ago)

Actually, it depends on which definition of infinity is being used. In Rudy Rucker's book there's an entire section on Transfinite Numbers (what a surprise, since his thesis was on them). The various transfinite numbers are derived in various ways from set theory, and you get an entire system of numbers which are all infinite but of different relative magnitudes. It's fairly complicated, and a lot more than I could explain without just copying a lot of pages.

If you really have an interest to that level in infinity, I strongly recommend you find a copy of his book and read it. There's a lot more to the topic that you'd suspect at first.


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Re: mind bender... [Re: Anonymous]
    #1366294 - 03/11/03 12:50 PM (21 years, 22 days ago)

In my Calc class, infinity*infinity is considered indeterminate. This is when considering limits and trying to evaluate/differentiate them. We use a method to get around indeterminate forms of limits, called l'Hospitale's. Not sure how applicable this info is in this situation, but I'm pretty sure inifinity*inifinity cannot be evaluated directly, much like ToxicMan was talking about. :grin: 


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