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minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s what it means, though. For the function y=x, the limit as x approaches 1, y = 1. This is exactly what the comment of 0.99999… = 1 means. The difference is infinitely small. Infinitely small is zero. The difference is zero.
minus-squarenewIdentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoInfinity small is infinity small. Not zero
minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s simply not true, as I demonstrated in my example.
That’s what it means, though. For the function y=x, the limit as x approaches 1, y = 1. This is exactly what the comment of 0.99999… = 1 means. The difference is infinitely small. Infinitely small is zero. The difference is zero.
Infinity small is infinity small. Not zero
That’s simply not true, as I demonstrated in my example.