From: Volkard Henkel <volkard@...>
Date: 2004-10-29T03:20:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Rounding error, (100.0 * 9.95).to_i == 994

Hello Guillaume,

Thursday, October 28, 2004, 7:40:14 PM, you wrote:

> x = 0.99999... (infinite serie of 9s)
> 10*x = 9.99999...
> 10*x - x = 9*x = 9
> So x = 1!

> IIRC, any 'word' that ends with an infinite serie of 9s does not
> represent an actual real number.
you prooved, that 0.999999...=1
so 0.999999... IS a real number because 1 is one.

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 Volkard                            mailto:volkard@normannia.de