2003-05-10 - 5:09 p.m. You want boring? I had my diary reviewed by diary reviews, and for the most part it was good. In fact the only part I lost points for was the content, which was grammar and spelling, (and yes, I deserved that) but also that some of my entries were boring. She did give me an 85/100 which is pretty good, and she did say that I had a unqie style of writing (which maybe a backhanded compliment) but I liked it. But boring?!?! So in my commitment to cleverness instead of making a really interesting exciting entry entry (mostly cause I couldn�t think of one), I am going to write the most boring one possible. I am going to mathematical prove why a certain number DOESN�T exist. Ever wonder why we have repeating numbers? Like the repeating 3 or the repeating 6. No? Didn�t thing so. But we do. 1 divided by 3 = .333333333333333333333333 forever. WOW!!! Forever. Yes. This can happen to all number 1-8. But it can�t happen to 9. Would you like to know why? Well then stop reading. Since diaryland won�t let me use mathematical symbols I have to make up my own. For .99999999999999999999999999999999999999999 infinitely I will use this term 9r okay. That stand for infinite nines. So I want to contest the 9r actually equal the number 1.0 1) 1.0 = 9r So now what I want to do to prove this is to show that removing 9r from the equation will leave each side equal. I will use a proving method called substitution. (yes this is the most boring entry ever) To do this I will take equation 1) and change 9r to .9 + .09r which is the same thing. (ie 9r = .99999999999999, thus I just pull one 9 out and leave .099999999999999 in.) 2) 1.0 = .99r Now I will take the .9 I just made and subtracted it from the 1.0 leaving equation 4 3) 1.0 - .9 = .9 +.09r -.9 4) .1 = .09r Now we have equation four and I will refrence that where .09r equals .1 Using equation 2 I will add .1 to each side 5) 1.0 + .1 = .9 +.09r + .1 6) 1.1 = 1.09r Knowing from equation 4 that .1 equals .09r we can remove .09r and replace it with .1 7) 1.1 = 1 + .1 8) 1.1 = 1.1 This is now proved because they are equivalent statements. Just subtract .1 from each side and you find that 1=1 which is a true statement. Thus 9r equal 1. This may have looked like a simple proof and that you could do it for all the repeating numbers, but you can�t. Also if you don�t believe me, just but tons of nines into a graphic calculator and you will see the calc turn that statement into 1. The number theory argument behind this is since 1 represent a whole and that .9 repeating doesn�t have a limit. Which is a bunch of math talk. If you made it this far, I apologize, but I just wanted to show people what a boring entry is. Please check the link of the day as your reward. Thank you. Gump | |||||||||||
