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What does “close to” mean?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Brent

Continuing from last time, consider the (normal, decimal) number with an infinite number of 3’s after the decimal point. Now, you probably know that this represents . But why? How do we define what such an infinite sequence of digits … Continue reading →

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