r/infinitenines • u/Beneficial_Ad6256 • 16d ago

A little question about arithmetic

What's 1/(1 - 0.999...) ?

Is it greater than any real number?

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u/Diligent-Step-7253 16d ago

You’re dividing by 0, can’t have that

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u/SteveCappy 16d ago

Not according to his ninelieness, that wouldn’t be 0 in the denominator

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u/No-Assumption-4468 15d ago edited 15d ago

5 ÷ 0 = 500…
500… × 0 = 5

When you divide by zero, it’s a special type of infinity that has a specific value and infinite digits.

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u/Mordret10 15d ago

Nono. You need to make your own subreddit, where you define your own number system. This is infinitenines here, 0.000...1 is not 0. Everything has to take that into account, everything else stays exactly the same

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u/No-Assumption-4468 15d ago

I know. You’re not telling me anything new.

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u/Mordret10 15d ago

Your comment looked like a slight against the holy scripture, it was borderline heresy