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Line Segment - Thought Experiment
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RE: Line Segment - Thought Experiment

1 - (1/3) - 2(1/9) - 4(1/27) - 8(1/81)....
= 1 - (2^0)(1/3) - (2^1)(1/3^2) - (2^2)(1/3^3) - (2^3)(1/3^4) - ....
= 1 - Sigma (n=0 -> inf) 2^n / (3^n+1)
= 1 - Sigma (n=0 -> inf) (1/3) (2/3)^n

Consider just the Sigma for a moment. The formula for summation of infinite geometric series is Sum = u1 / (1 - r) where u1 is the initial term and r is the ratio between each terms.

In this series, u1 = 1/3 and r = 2/3, so Sum = (1/3) / (1 - 2/3) = (1/3) / (1/3) = 1

Substitution back into the equation, the the answer is 1 - 1 = 0

None of the segment is left.

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(This post was last modified: 04-23-2014, 08:25 PM by Froge.)
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Line Segment - Thought Experiment - by BAndrew - 04-23-2014, 08:11 PM
RE: Line Segment - Thought Experiment - by Froge - 04-23-2014, 08:22 PM
RE: Line Segment - Thought Experiment - by Froge - 04-23-2014, 08:35 PM
RE: Line Segment - Thought Experiment - by Statyk - 04-24-2014, 04:52 AM



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