[Ron] is .99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999infinity An absolute?
[Case] This is one of those disturbingly little mathematical oddities. The number you specify is actually, 1/3 + 2/3 = 1 since 1/3=.333... and 2/3= .666... It believe this is some kind of proof the 1 = .999... but it probably does indicate that 1 is not as absolute as I let on and it will keep me up again tonight trying to make sense of it. I suppose the question is do 1 and .99... specify the same point on the line and I would guess the answer is yes except using 1 takes a whole lot less time. [Ron] 1 works if zero is taken to mean something, an absolute. then every whole is an assumed absolute But in reality it is'nt. math is meaningless until an absolute is assumed. [Case] Actually 0 and infinity are special case numbers. The same rules do not apply to them as to other numbers. The most glaring example is that you can not divide by 0. Every number divided into 0 = 0 and every number divided into infinity is infinity. These two guys don't play nice. [Ron] you have to have a cut-off To precipitate a round then you may reach an absolute 1. but does reality have a cut-off point To cause a rounding? Averaging is the closest we can come to any kind of precision. 1 apple plus 1 apple may equal two apples absolutly but when you measure the buggers All of it goes to shit. one is redder one is bigger ect. You have kids, you know You can't give both your kids an apple without them bitching about one has the better. Even if the objects are seemingly identical, they know. 1 does not equal 1, 1 I say is an assumed value For a whole in order for math to work. Thanks for helping work this out, I invite argument on this. [Case] There actually is a branch of mathematics that covers dividing thing up like this. I forget what it is called but basically when you are going to divide say a donut between two kids. One gets to cut the donut in half and the other gets to choose which half they get. Trust me that one can say you some fist fights. Now this one used to actually cause me problems. I would cut a kid a piece of cheese. They would say, "Daddy, can I have two pieces of cheese." I would say sure, cut their piece in half and hand them two pieces. It took them a while to see through that but by the time they did they had comes to eccentricity as normal... moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
