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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThere are versions of math where that isn’t true, with infinitesimals that are not equal to zero. So I think it is an axium rather than a provable conclusion.
minus-squareJack Riddle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThose versions have different axioms from which different things can be proven, but we don’t define 9.9 repeating as 1
There are versions of math where that isn’t true, with infinitesimals that are not equal to zero. So I think it is an axium rather than a provable conclusion.
Those versions have different axioms from which different things can be proven, but we don’t define 9.9 repeating as 1