Is there a number system where a properly defined distance between two numbers (a metric) can be defined and satisfies the four axioms such that the following sum converges?
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For any bijection f : R → R , the function d ( x , y ) = ∣ ∣ f ( x ) − f ( y ) ∣ ∣ is a metric. Given the function f ( x ) = { x − 1 x x > 0 x ≤ 0 Then ( R , d ) is a complete metric space and we deduce that d ( r = 1 ∑ n r , 0 ) = ( r = 1 ∑ n r ) − 1 so that n → ∞ lim r = 1 ∑ n r = 0 with respect to this metric.