From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!eisx!whuxlb!ech Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: .999... != 1 - (nf) Article-I.D.: whuxlb.894 Posted: Wed Jan 26 02:44:36 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 20:12:23 1983 #R:ihlpb:-26600:whuxlb:7200013:000:372 whuxlb!ech Jan 26 02:11:00 1983 Hold on, thar... .111..., carried to infinity, IS 1/9, and .999..., carried to infinity, IS 1. There is no roundoff error in infinite decimal expansions. Even in the computer world, the equality sometimes holds: for example, in APL, a "fuzz" is applied to output results (although not for intermediate ones). If you type in enough 9's, it will echo "1". =Ned Horvath=