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Article #821Re: A Guide for Cantor Cranks
From: Albrecht
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:59
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:59
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On 24 Mrz., 15:40, rich...@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: > In article <971970b6-b722-4f38-96cb-4aef5f17e...@b22g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, > > Albrecht <albst...@gmx.de> wrote: > >Pi has to be the limit of the serie > > >3/1, 31/10, 314/100, 3141/1000, 31415/10000, ... > > >If you claim the existence of an irrational decimal number you claim > >the existence of the number > > >31415.../10000... > > >with infinite numerator and inifite denominator. > > One third has to be the limit of the series > > 3/10, 33/100, 333/1000, ... > > If you claim the existence of one third you claim the existence of the > number > > 33333.../100000... > > with infinite numerator and denominator. > No. The "number" 0.333... is only a symbol which stands for 1/3 in the decimal system. We can choose "%/$/!//" instead of it. But the "number" 0.333... has the advantage that we can compute with it seemingly alike to ordinary decimal numbers. Best Albrecht
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