From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: .99999... = 1 Article-I.D.: ihuxr.304 Posted: Tue Jan 25 12:15:33 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 05:36:30 1983 Reply-To: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) The best proof that .999... = 1 is that there are no other numbers between .999... and 1 . Since there are an infinite number of numbers between any two different numbers, .999... and 1 must be the same number. Once I actually converted a skeptic with this argument. Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew