The set of numbers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] and fractions (1/3) predates the number 10
It's rather amazing really because if anyone understand the history of how 0 came about it was literally just a symbol to indicate the start/end of a row.
That whole 0.999... = 1 is the same as saying you can have a row of infinite length, which is when you the measurer have to identify if it is worth logging.
Calculus really is quite a beautiful thing.
I feel like so many humans don't understand the value of a null terminator.
Or maybe it is that some people don't understand that analysis and imagination can go on forever but a practical result has to have some sort of priority involved.
>>11586973... = lim(f(x))
Yes, that is correct. Ellipses or recurring decimals have always been a way of presenting an exhausted solution space.
