Awatmath.2017 net.math utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!japlaice Tue Mar 16 13:24:27 1982 Re: You Too Can Be A Math Genius There is nothing wrong with the proof that .999... is equal to 1. In fact, they *are* equal! - .999 = lim (1 - (1/x)) x->inf which is 1, not something less. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.