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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Does the number of nines increase? Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:47:00 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <v66u7k$2t154$1@dont-email.me> References: <tJf9P9dALSN4l2XH5vdqPbXSA7o@jntp> <v669vp$2pluv$1@dont-email.me> <v66kcm$2rgql$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 21:47:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ed3b3d78f9b2ba05b69b25a5405bf0ca"; logging-data="3048612"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+3RkoKVxwzZyC8/97NduK81cUdbPon6Fc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:APk+S/tNHGbnBnxenn3WnKno3bo= In-Reply-To: <v66kcm$2rgql$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1824 On 7/4/2024 9:58 AM, FromTheRafters wrote: > Peter Fairbrother formulated on Thursday : >> On 25/06/2024 21:18, WM wrote: >>> Let the infinite sequence 0.999... be multiplied by 10. Does the >>> number of nines grow? >>> Corollary-question: Does the number of nines grow when in 0.999 the >>> decimal point is shifted by one or more position? >>> >>> Regards, WM >> >> A more interesting question; suppose a set containing an infinite >> number of 9's. Now copy that set and add a 2. >> >> Is the second set bigger than the first set? >> >> Peter Fairbrother > > Lrf, pneqvanyvgl bar naq pneqvanyvgl gjb. Different set with an infinite number of elements. Their sizes are the same for infinity = infinity... :^)