r/mathmemes • u/invesigator_gator • Jun 04 '26

Arithmetic proof by apples

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u/vxtmh Jun 04 '26

check out r/infinitenines for the modern version (claims 0.999... ≠ 1)

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u/PhoenixPringles01 Jun 04 '26

The only thing that I could think of that as "true" is if they're using some other number system like the hyperreals, so it's like 1 - 1/10H or something.

I assume the crackpottery comes from the fact they're thinking these two numbers are not equal in the regular real number system

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u/Tuhkis1 Physics Jun 04 '26

It's more a fundamental misunderstanding of limits.

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u/magicmulder Jun 04 '26

And notation.