[net.math] .99999... = 1

lew (01/25/83)

The best proof that .999... = 1 is that there are no other numbers
between .999... and 1 . Since there are an infinite number of numbers
between any two different numbers, .999... and 1 must be the same
number.

Once I actually converted a skeptic with this argument.

Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew