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

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:32:38 GMT

S. Enterprize Company wrote:
>
> Particle accelerators show that, .999... doesn't = 1, if it did, matter could
> reach the speed of light and cause .999... = 1, which would make,

This has nothing to do with dividing by zero. Besides there is only a
finite amount of energy in the entire physical cosmos. So the upperbound
speed of a massive particle is strictly less than 1.

Bob Kolker

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