Question of the day

[Zeromus_X]

Does it really smurfing matter? This is exactly why I despise math.

Furthermore,

Jeez...my head FINALLY stops hurting from the last time this question showed up, and you bring it back again, Thanks. Thanks a lot.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

Does .999999...~ = 1 ?

What does the ~ mean?

Right now, they're using "~" as a sign for "continued". Like, 0.999~ is 0.99999999999999999999999999-- and so on. It never ever stops.

...Isn't it supposed to be a "!", though? "!"s do something like that.

! is the factorial of the number. I'm not sure whether 0.9! exists

[Aradae]

actually ~= means apporximately equal to

[Kirobaito]

Does .999999...~ = 1 ?

What does the ~ mean?

Right now, they're using "~" as a sign for "continued". Like, 0.999~ is 0.99999999999999999999999999-- and so on. It never ever stops.

...Isn't it supposed to be a "!", though? "!"s do something like that.

For the person a few posts above who pointed out 0.9!, that doesn't exist. Factorials only exist in positive integers.

It would be 0.99 with a line drawn over the 9s if you wanted to say that the 9 goes on forever.

[Giga Guess]

Right now, they're using "~" as a sign for "continued". Like, 0.999~ is 0.99999999999999999999999999-- and so on. It never ever stops.

...Isn't it supposed to be a "!", though? "!"s do something like that.

THIS one I know...and it can only exist with whole numbers.

"!" (And I don't recall what it's called, but I'm fairly sure KB got it as a factorial) was a symbol we used in statistics, but basically, it means you multiply every subsequent number until you reach one. For example:

9! = 9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1