• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    If I remember, I’ll give a formal proof when I have time so long as no one else has done so before me. Simply put, we’re not dealing with floats and there’s algorithms to add infinite decimals together from the ones place down using back-propagation. Disproving my statement is as simple as providing a pair of real numbers where doing this is impossible.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      Are those algorithms taught to people in school?

      Once again, I have no issue with the math. I just think the commonly taught system of decimal arithmetic is flawed at representing that math. This flaw is why people get hung up on 0.999… = 1.