[geeks] geeks Digest, Vol 86, Issue 11

[Phil Stracchino]

On 01/20/10 16:57, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> On 01/20/10 16:17, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>> I especially like the actual one:
>>>   _
>>> 0.9 = 1
>>>
>>> True, but counterintuitive.
>>
>> I've never encountered that overbar notation.  What is it?
> 
> Repeating digits.  It's supposed to be above the 9, not the =.

Ah!  I'm used to a different notation, like this:
  .              .    .
0.9  or this:  0.142857



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