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   Garry Denke to All   
   mathematicians are lazy so they use shor   
   01 Mar 23 03:09:39   
   
   From: GarryDenke@frontier.com   
      
   mathematicians are lazy so they use shorthand   
      
   the 3 ones: 1 and .999... and .000...1   
      
   mathematicians are lazy so they use shorthand   
      
   1 is shorthand for .999...   
   0 is shorthand for .000...1   
      
   mathematicians are lazy so they use shorthand   
      
   Garry Denke   
      
   mathematicians are lazy so they use shorthand   
      
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