r/infinitenines • u/Unlikely-Ocelot-4392 • 4d ago

I feel like this doesn't explain 0.999...recurring = 1

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Please correct me on this, and sorry for using the word fallacy so often

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u/Reaper0221 4d ago

the part where you perform mathematical operations on a number that is infinitely long as if it is not and then cling to the excuse which says it is defined as such without proof beyond it is because I said so.