0 . 5 0 . 7 0 . 9 . . .
Find the value of the infinite power tower above, which is formed from an arithmetic progression 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, ....
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mind blown
especially when i saw the way the expression could collapse like that
Lakas ni Kahayon
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Hindi pooo...
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Thats not hindi.
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@Ashish Menon – Hindi means no in Filipino...
Cam you use the LaTeX code
\leq
instead of writing
< =
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I actually used ≤ ... For some weird reason it changed into < = ...
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Umm there is no way for that to happen though, I think it might be a bug or some sort.
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@Ashish Menon – It actually happens quite often for some weird reason... kinda creepy...
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@Manuel Kahayon – Hmm. Then why dont you report it to the staff?
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@Ashish Menon – Sorry, too shy...
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@Manuel Kahayon – :expressionless: not funny :P overcome your shyness.
How do you know, the expression will collapse at 0.9? Why can't it be at 0.7 or 0.5?
Dangerously tricky, only logic, not much math... Good Question !!
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We can see that 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 5 ⋯ = ∞
So, our value above becomes 0 . 5 0 . 7 0 . 9 ∞
Now, since x ∞ = 0 if 0 ≤ x < 1 , then our value simplifies to 0 . 5 0 . 7 0
Since x 0 = 1 for x = 0 , then our value simplifies further to 0 . 5 1
Now, since 0 . 5 1 = 0 . 5 , then our answer is 0 . 5