Re: Real Discontinuity in Cantor Diagonal



Balthasar wrote:

Am Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:50:01 -0400 schrieb herbzet:


You miss the point. If the sum is undefined, what the heck is the
meaning of 0.333 ... ? Please explain.

It's an alternative notation for .3 + .03 + .003 + ... . They
both denote the limit of the series Sigma 3 * 10^-n as n increases
n=1
without bound.

I guess you meant:

n
both denote the limit of the series Sigma 3 * 10^-i as n increases
i=1
without bound.

;-)

B.

Picky, picky!

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