It's a Parp, Jim, but not as we know it

[shadowscotland]

after the brief read of wiki it looks as if the debate actually lie on the concept of .9 recuring being infinate

therefore their is no last 9. (sounds easy but its a major hurdle)
if their is no last 9, then a 1 can not be added too it to round up the decimal to a whole number.

It a matter of how it's represented. .9r or .(9) look simular to .9 so we assume they share simularities when they don't

if we view 3x 1/3 or 3x 3/9 it's nothing like 9/10

I view it as .9r is not a number! as
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1
.3r + .3r + .3r = 1

.9r does not exist as it's 1

it's all in the presentation.

That said I would have previously said that .9r was a different number to 1 but pure maths is a funny subject, give me stats or applied anyday.

 

[rich99million]

So is it 5th from the left or 3rd from the right?

 

[shadowscotland]

Bingo - couldn't has put it better my self

 

[MGP]

So is it 5th from the left or 3rd from the right?

But surely the Klingons drink mot'loch, not real ale

 

[shadowscotland]

drinks - for the diserning star fleet officer

made by someone with far to much time on their hands.

 

[Pumpkinstew]

after the brief read of wiki it looks as if the debate actually lie on the concept of .9 recuring being infinate

So it's like Occams Razor?

You can keep shaving the remainder finer and finer but you never quite get to one?

I've never trusted maths. If you can prove 1+1=3 then it's clearly nothing but trickery, lies and deceit.

 

[Gojira]

But surely the Klingons drink mot'loch, not real ale

What, you mean mot'loch isn't real ale?

Alan Woodford

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I've never trusted maths. If you can prove 1+1=3 then it's clearly nothing but trickery, lies and deceit.

Who can do this?

 

[MGP]

But surely the Klingons drink mot'loch, not real ale

Ah maybe that was the second from the left as it was disgusting