| Grex > Paradox > #18: Warez My Pie? |
| Warez My Pie? | 
Aug 13 17:35 UTC 2000 |
o.k. i have a piece of pie i cut it into 3 pieces now, i would have 3 1/3's of the pie seperatly the numerical value of 1/3 is .33333~ add them up, and i only have .999~ WTF happened to the rest of my pie!!!
| response 1 of 1: |
Oct 11 11:34 UTC 2000 |
You don't want to see the mathematical proof, but in the right circumstances it may be shown that 0.999~ = 1.000~. This isn't an approximation but an equality. Not very intuitive, but mathematically rigorous.