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Andrey Stolyarov

['Member']Joined: June 20, 2020 at 12:14Last active: June 22, 2020 at 12:22None discussions8 comments

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Hmm, have you ever asked yourself a simple question "why"? Definitely we can, and we do, for centuries (since Leonard Euler's time). However, if you p...
June 20, 2020 at 21:47
This doesn't exist, because there's no limit for the sequence 10, 100, 1000, ... (That is, the sequence {10^n}). If you take, e.g., 1.1 instead of 10 ...
June 20, 2020 at 17:57
It is not a proof at all, there's no theorem here. This is standard and well-known technique to convert a periodic decimal fraction back to rational f...
June 20, 2020 at 17:50
Exactly. They enjoy what they do just like poets enjoy writing their poems.
June 20, 2020 at 17:02
No, you're not getting the point. There's no need for any "infinite sum", schoolchildren don't learn such complicated math that early. I don't really ...
June 20, 2020 at 17:01
As far as I remember, there were multiple attempts to build such a system, and they failed. There's a simple reason for it. The same amount of effort ...
June 20, 2020 at 13:00
Folks, I'm a bit surprised with all the discussion. I even wanted to show that 0.(9) is the same as 1 several ways (okay, the number as such is the sa...
June 20, 2020 at 12:36
"Numbers are symbols that are only useful and meaningful when applied to real world situations." That's true for physics. That's even true for the so-...
June 20, 2020 at 12:22