Exciting poll for number fans.

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sweet dude, 888 is in the lead.

207. only one divisible by nine resulting in an integer.

nice edit.

99.999999 if it's recurring since it's also 100. That's like 2 for the price of 1, it's a good deal

-40 looks good to me.

Any true number fan would know most of those numbers you listed are pretty mediocre. <Listen to Dream Theatre instead>

Any true number fan would know most of those numbers you listed are pretty mediocre. <Listen to Dream Theatre instead>

Hey! True number fans should be able to pick the best out of any set.

99.999999 if it's recurring since it's also 100. That's like 2 for the price of 1, it's a good deal
but it's not.

23 hands down. visually appealing while still being manageable in arithmetic.

23,000,786

23 hands down. visually appealing while still being manageable in arithmetic.

And it has obvious appeal for Robert Anton Wilson fans.

888, of course

I was born on 8/8/80

8/8 is my sisters birthday but she's four years younger than you

8/8 is my sisters birthday but she's four years younger than you

ah!

that means she didn't get the chance to turn 8 on 8/8/88

but it's not.

oh but it is. some calc stuff with limits helps the argument, but here's a sweet little proof:

x = 0.999...
10x = 9.999...
10x - x = 9.999... - 0.999...
9x = 9
x = 1

multiplying x by 100 you see 99.999...=100

is math cool or is math cool?

ps - i voted for 207, too, but just for purely aesthetic reasons.

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oh but it is. some calc stuff with limits helps the argument, but here's a sweet little proof:

x = 0.999...
10x = 9.999...
10x - x = 9.999... - 0.999...
9x = 9
x = 1

multiplying x by 100 you see 99.999...=100

is math cool or is math cool?

ps - i voted for 207, too, but just for purely aesthetic reasons.
i assumed he meant it's not recurring

ah!

that means she didn't get the chance to turn 8 on 8/8/88
i think her head would have imploded had that been the case. sine!

oh but it is. some calc stuff with limits helps the argument, but here's a sweet little proof:

x = 0.999...
10x = 9.999...
10x - x = 9.999... - 0.999...
9x = 9
x = 1

multiplying x by 100 you see 99.999...=100

is math cool or is math cool?you just blew my mind

def 1,000,005

666 oh wait. you said best

ps: that 0.999... = 1 thingy ..... where's the hook on that one?

ps: that 0.999... = 1 thingy ..... where's the hook on that one?


I don't know what you mean by where's the hook. It's 100% for real. If there's anything else you want to know about it, I can try to explain it. It's basically just saying that as the number of 9s increases, you get arbitrarily closer to 1. Each 9 you tack on makes the error (the difference between .999999... and 1) ten times smaller, so you can imagine that as the number of 9s approaches infinity, this number is, for all intents and purposes, the same as 1. In math there are a handful of quick little proofs that are fun like that one.

ah!

that means she didn't get the chance to turn 8 on 8/8/88
too bad you weren't born 1900 years earlier

too bad you weren't born 1900 years earlier

or 1980 for that matter

I don't know what you mean by where's the hook. It's 100% for real.
Seconded.

Part 1:
0.9999...
= 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + 9/10000 + ...
= 9 (1/10 + 1/100 + 1/1000 + 1/10000 + ...)
= 9 (1/9)
= 1


Part 2:
Let's call 1/10 + 1/100 + 1/1000 + ... = R from now on.

10 R = 1 + 1/10 + 1/100 + ... = 1 + R
10 R - R = 1 + R - R = 1
9 R = 1
R = 1/9

Not really proof, but a nice illustration:

1/3 = 0.333...

0.999... = 3 (0.333...) = 3 (1/3) = 1