G-d.Update: After much deliberation (see comments), it was determined that this is in fact heresy. But the reason this is not what we believe in illustrates what Rambam (and numerous others) meant when he said that G-d is one but not (just) in a numerical sense (not “one but not two”).
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Perhaps you can explain to us your cryptic intention.
0.999... = 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999..._%3D_1
In that case: As you said it's 1=0.9(bar); and not 1>0.9(bar).
But, I woulda thunk (yes that's what I said) that 1, as a number is a whole, which isn't so by the .9-bar .
So...
What do we learn from this?
0.999... and 1 are exactly the same number. Like 0.5 and 1/2.
Actually, one probably could not say that we believe there is only 4/4 G-d. Saying 4/4 woman means that you (hypothetically) sawed a woman in four parts and then took all of them — so, it’s a whole single woman. But you can’t (even hypothetically) divide Hashem in parts.
So what's your point then?
Un einer iz der G-tt. Un G-tt iz einez. Un veiter keiner.
yeah, that 4/4 woman business makes this whole post heretical.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Heretical from Yiddishkeit perspective or mathematically?
There is one god, but you shouldn't say that there is 4/4 god, because that implies that god can be split into 4 parts and then regrouped.
Similarly, you shouldn't say that there's .999... god because that implies that by taking many terms of sum[9*(1/10)^n] we get closer to understanding god, i.e. the cardinality of the set {god} = .9 + .09 + .009 + .0009.... This is heretical jewishly speaking.
Maybe this is what happened to the Acher. He just made an innocent mathematical joke, and was told that he would be banned from Heaven. No wonder he was bitter...
If only the gemara would have told us the joke...
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