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

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:58:14 GMT

Richard Tobin wrote:
> 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.

People who have a head full of *** do not hear well at all and they
understand even less.

Bob Kolker