Prove that 3.999... = 4
I used to think that maybe there was this number which was infinitely small, numerically I called it 0.000`...1, thats to say it has an infinite number of noughts between the dp and the one. Lets call this number the Percy number or P for short. Now better mathematicians than me assured me that in conventional maths this number does not exist! These ppl will tell you that 0.999`=1. I'm not denying the logic of conventional wisdom, but all maths is made up, i=sqrt(-1) is a good example but even the concept of oneness only exists in the human mind (and twoness etc). So with my new number we can say stuff like 1-P= 0.999` and maybe even x/infinity=P.
Can anyone think of more uses for/equations with P?
(Why are ppl so happy to talk about infinity but not prepared to contemplate P?)
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Posted by Percy
on 2005-10-17 20:40:08 |