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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Does the number of nines increase?
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 09:37:41 -0700
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On 7/1/2024 9:15 AM, WM wrote:
> Le 30/06/2024 à 20:45, Moebius a écrit :
>> Am 25.06.2024 um 22:18 schrieb WM:
>>
>>  > Let the infinite sequence 0.999...
>>
>> 0.999... ist keine "infinite sequence", sondern eine Zahl,
> 
> Wrong. 0.999... is an abbreviation of ...(((0.9)9)9)... = 0.9, 0.99, 
> 0.999, ... converging to but never reaching 1.

..(9) is just a way that base 10 can use to represent one.

1/9 = .(1)

..(1) * 9 = (.999...) = 1

Get over it!