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This little guy craves the light of knowledge and wants to know why 0.999... = 1. He wants rigour, but he does accept proofs starting with any sort of premise.

Enlighten him.

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[โ€“] dat_math@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No. 0.99 is 0.9+0.09. The proof I gave shows that 0.99999999999999999999999999999999999(...) is equal to 1.