• lseif@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    can 0.3• + 0.3• + 0.3• be really be added to equal 0.9• the same way that 0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3 = 0.9 though? and if so, is it proven or assumed? im not saying ur wrong btw, just asking. and does 0.000…001 equal 0?

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      0.3• has infinte decimals, 0.0000…001 does not. No matter how many zeroes you put before the one, there will never be infinite zeroes, so it’s not equal to 0.

      You simply cannot have “Infinity + 1” decimals, since infinity + 1 = infinity.

    • TechieDamien@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      There is actually a smallest number, typically denoted by a lower case epsilon, which is infintesimally small, typically used in calculus proofs.