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2026-02-04 09:51 UTC
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social @sandyarmstrong@hachyderm.io I'm sorry but I've learned 0.(3) to be *literally defined* as 3*1/9=1/3. Inventing new subtly different semantics for established mathematical notation and then calling everyone else wrong on their proofs without being stringent about anything doesn't fly
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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2026-02-04 19:11
@piegames@flausch.social @sandyarmstrong@hachyderm.io "sorry but I've learned 0.(3) to be *literally defined* as 3*1/9=1/3" - sorry but 0.(3) is a literal decimal approximation of 1/3. 3 goes into 10 3 times with 1 remainder, add a zero, 3 times with 1 remainder,.... there's ALWAYS 1 remainder, thus infinitely recurring, thus not equal "Inventing new subtly different semantics" - which is what you're doing claiming they're identical "wrong on their proofs without being stringent" - they weren't stringent thus not proofs