Why is it not true that 0.999 ... 1 ?
The Teaching of Mathematics, XI (2008) no. 1, p. 35
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The contribution
describes three basic obstacles preventing students from
understanding the concept of infinite series in teaching of
mathematics and provides means to their removal.
Classification :
00A35 D70
Keywords: Infinite series, obstacle, limit of a sequence, potential and actual perception of the infinite limit process, the relation of phylogenesis and ontogenesis.
Keywords: Infinite series, obstacle, limit of a sequence, potential and actual perception of the infinite limit process, the relation of phylogenesis and ontogenesis.
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author = {Petr Eisenmann},
title = {Why is it not true that 0.999 ... < 1 ?},
journal = {The Teaching of Mathematics},
pages = {35 },
year = {2008},
volume = {XI},
number = {1},
language = {en},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TM2_2008_XI_1_a3/}
}
Petr Eisenmann. Why is it not true that 0.999 ... < 1 ?. The Teaching of Mathematics, XI (2008) no. 1, p. 35 . http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TM2_2008_XI_1_a3/