• TeddE@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If the “…” means ‘repeats without end’ here, then saying “there’s an 8 after” or “the final 9” is a contradiction as there is no such end to get to.

      There are cases where “…” is a finite sequence, such as “1, 2, … 99, 100”. But this is not one of them.

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        1 year ago

        I’m aware, I was trying to use the same notation that he was so it might be easier for him to understand