XPost: comp.theory, sci.math   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 04/01/2026 19:21, Richard Damon wrote:   
      
   > So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?   
      
   It's nondeterministic because "..." has more than one meaning for the   
   effect it has extending the series. It's not nonsense because it's not a   
   statement.   
      
   Σₙ₌₁ 2¯ⁿ   
      
   /is/ deterministic, however... it's 1.   
      
   You might be mapping time nonlinearly whereby each imagined change   
   occurs in its imagined reality at a constant Δₜ from the previous. It's   
   a common affliction among classical mediterranean philosophers.   
      
      
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