Yes, mathematically it’s the same, but in physics there’s a guy named Heisenberg who denies that 0.99999… really gets to 1.
There is always this difference, for a mathematician infinite is not a problem, but for a physicist it is, plus a very big one.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Floating point numbers are not possible in two’s complement, besides that, what is your point? 0,99999999… is probably the same as 1.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Yes, mathematically it’s the same, but in physics there’s a guy named Heisenberg who denies that 0.99999… really gets to 1. There is always this difference, for a mathematician infinite is not a problem, but for a physicist it is, plus a very big one.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 month ago
True, it sounds like that might be a problem if we consider that physics has to be between math and computer science.
(Have a nice day)