I don't need to be better than him.
This is not a complex type of math.
This is something that every fiftgrader studies.
There is = and there is ~= .
For every practical reason it doesn't matter. For computers it doesn't matter. Nor does it matter for engenders.
But the fact that it doesn't matter doesn't mean that it is the same. (There is no equality between these claims, just like there is no equality between 1 and 'not 1'.)
Btw - I am a software developer. I also work a lot with numbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...
just see on wikipedia?
https://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10012.5.shtml
Or elsewhere if you don't trust wikipedia? :D
Admiting you're wrong can be good sometime :D
Damn, you are stubborn.
I would admit it if I was wrong. I am not.
Go and ask your teacher.
"How many different numbers are equal to the number 17?"
Ask yourself as well:
Is 16.9999(9)9 = 17?
Is 16.9999(9)9123 = 17?
Is 17.0000(0)01 = 17?
If what you are saying is true, than there are an infinite number of unique numbers that are equal to 17.
Say that outloud and think about how rediculous it sounds.
A number is either 17 or 'not 17'.
you don't understand what infinite is it seems...
anyway, you see mathematical proof but this isn't enough, so i can't say anything anymore :D
Just :
16.999999 indefinitely = 17
17.00000 indefinitely = 17
BUT
16.99999(9)123 != 16.9999 indefinitely != 17
so, no, there is only one 17, but you can write it a lot of different ways. But you can't understand and you don't want to understand, so... stay in your little life :D
That was my last message, no need to talk to someone that have no arguments and don't want to see the truth^^ it's like talking to a fanatic religious :D
So you are saying that there are 3 numbers equal to 17?
And then you claim that I am the fanatic?
:D
No, only one, since 17.0000000(0) and 16.99999(9) are basicaly equals to 17.
And thats not something you see
Remic is right
Thanks :) But I think he