• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    There’s a Real Analysis proof for it and everything.

    Basically boils down to

    • If 0.(9) != 1 then there must be some value between 0.(9) and 1.
    • We know such a number cannot exist, because for any given discrete value (say 0.999…9) there is a number (0.999…99) that is between that discrete value and 0.(9)
    • Therefore, no value exists between 0.(9) and 1.
    • So 0.(9) = 1