Re: .99999... still=/= 1

From: Richard Tobin (richard_at_cogsci.ed.ac.uk)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: 5 Dec 2004 21:39:56 GMT

In article <20041205112356.06084.00000875@mb-m19.aol.com>,
S. Enterprize Company <smart1234@aol.com> wrote:

>.999... equal to 1 and it DOESN'T. It converges to 1, which means an
>approximate nearest value to, is reached.

As you've been told over and over again, .999... *means* the value
that .9, .99, .999, ... converges to. And that value is 1.

-- Richard