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Re: A couple of mathematical curiosities

Postby frrostedman » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:59 pm

at1with0 wrote:That's not precisely what .(3) means, if we wanna get technical.

You just got through agreeing with me that .(3) means .3 repeating. Are you changing your definition?
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Re: A couple of mathematical curiosities

Postby at1with0 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:31 pm

frrostedman wrote:
at1with0 wrote:That's not precisely what .(3) means, if we wanna get technical.

You just got through agreeing with me that .(3) means .3 repeating. Are you changing your definition?


Not changing definitions, just changing the level of formality.

This article pretty well explains everything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.9_repeating
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Re: A couple of mathematical curiosities

Postby greeney2 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:59 pm

That was clear as a Bell! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm happy to just round if off and forget about it, you guys win! :lol:
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Re: A couple of mathematical curiosities

Postby bionic » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:18 am

greeney2 wrote:That was clear as a Bell! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm happy to just round if off and forget about it, you guys win! :lol:


:lol:

in numerology any number made up of 9's always comes back to 9
example
999
9+9+9=27
2+7=9

http://www.spiritual-numerology.com/num ... ber-9.html
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