Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Does the number of nines increase? Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:55:12 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <206ac30e-6ba5-46f2-978e-59182f946547@att.net> <38fbe173-2081-49a4-89d5-d1470f754565@att.net> <69d5b220-850b-4faa-b9b4-b25cd74d1666@att.net> <02WQWLab8x41L6XRW0n7Ba0poZ8@jntp> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:55:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b43c9dd34f25362f42493cf5322921d"; logging-data="2186655"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+kombMudXe5piZ3o9BUKsm" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4PTpGcaPlEAiIJ/gBdPOhsTt+Hk= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2238 Am 11.07.2024 um 00:26 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > (1, 1.4, 1.41, 1.414, ...) > > For each element there is a rational that can represent it. Well, A = A? Agree! > No single rational can represent the whole... Right! Otherwise the question would be; Which one? :-) > However, a real can represent [...] the whole... Exactly! (!!!) > Fair enough? Sure! > Or am I drifting off deeper into WM land? Not at all! I'm quite sure that you are NOT a crank. :-) Just take your time! Math SHOULD BE fun! (imho)