Quote:
Originally posted by CSflim
Depends who you ask:
Engineer: Hell! 0.9 = 1 as far as I'm concerned!
Physicist: The difference is negible.
Mathematician: As you continue the expansion, the term approaches 1. The difference between them is 1/(infinity).
|
Quote:
Originally posted by redlemon
CSflim is exactly correct, although as an engineer I'd be more comfortable at 0.95.
|
Just so everyone knows, CSFilm is
not exactly correct.
All mathematicians agree that 0.9999... = 1 and the link that CSFilm provided explains it quite well.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Infinity is
not a number!