From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!eisx!whuxlb!egb Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: .999... != 1 - (nf) Article-I.D.: whuxlb.966 Posted: Sat Jan 29 10:44:30 1983 Received: Wed Feb 2 02:12:35 1983 #R:ihlpb:-26600:whuxlb:7200015:000:192 whuxlb!egb Jan 26 22:07:00 1983 Concerning 1 = .999... could someone please formally define the symbol "...". I have never seen a mathematical definition of the ellipsis. Is it a formally defined mathematical symbol? egb