there is no number 1 in this world... it is almost 1, but not 1... x->1 (i don't know the correct english term for it, sorry).it's 0.999..9
same for 2, 3 and all other numbers.
Do the math to prove that 0.99 -repeating- does not equal 1
I want you to take it out to the very last decimal point to prove that it couldnt possibly be 1
Perhaps it's an obscure reference to quantization error? I mean mathematically it's obviously false, probably some even more obscure joke going around in math circles, kind of like a 'left handed smoke shifter' or '50 feet of shore line' was in the boyscouts. In any measuring system in the real world though after a certain number of decimal places the ambient noise inherant in the measurment and quantum uncertanty can make what should be .99~ appear the same as 1?
I remember a lecturer asking, if 1 over infinity equals zero and 1 to the power of infinity equals 1 then what is 1 plus 1 over infinity all to the power of infinity. (1+1/∞)^∞