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		Cushman on Oct 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 0.30000000000000004 True enough. I was trying to imply the use of 0.33333 as standing in for 1/3, rather than exactly 0.333330..., but of course 0.3... is an exact representation of 1/3.

empiricist on Oct 29, 2010 [–]

You mean 3/10.

Cushman on Oct 29, 2010 | [–]

I actually mean 0.999.../2.999... .

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