On Jan 5, 2011, at 4:09 AM, Jean-Christophe Deschamps wrote: > >> I can't help but wonder how decimal math is supposed to make 1/3 + 1/3 >> + 1/3 better. > > Sorry it was almost a private joke here. It's a very common maths > question / challenge about what infinite decimal expansion means. > > If you add 0.33333333... (where ellipsis means infinite number of digit > 3), do you get 0.999999999... or 1 > > Other forms of the question: > is 0.99999999999... = 1 true? > is 0.99999999999... an actual real? > > Note: 0.333333333... is noted 0.3 with a dot above the 3
Hmm I learned it with a horiz bar over the 3. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
