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authorEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2019-09-30 01:37:50 +0300
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work around GitHub limitations for MathJax support
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category: Math
mathjax: true
---
+{% include common/mathjax_workaround.md %}
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First, let's determine that
$$
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ $$
0.(9) = 1
$$
-This is counter-intuitive, but demonstrably true.
+This may seem counter-intuitive, but demonstrably true.
If $$0.(9) \neq 1$$, then $$\exists n \in \reals: 0.(9) < n < 1$$.
To put it another way, there must be a number greater than 0.(9) and lesser
than 1, equal to neither.