Awatmath.2017
net.math
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!japlaice
Tue Mar 16 13:24:27 1982
Re: You Too Can Be A Math Genius
There is nothing wrong with the proof that .999... is equal to 1.
In fact, they *are* equal!

    -
 .999  = lim (1 - (1/x))
       x->inf

which is 1, not something less.

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