is 0 even or odd?

[Versago]

Neither, you can't divide 0 by 2 or any other number.
Do I win?

Do you have a calculator application on your computer?

 

[Pyro Paul]

Even. You can split it equally into two groups.

 

[flaming_ninja]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

And 0 is a number and a digit and an integer (ask any programmer) and it IS even.

 

[flaming_ninja]

Oh and all the divide by zero jokes can fuck off, everyone has so far been talking about dividing zero by other values, which is still possible just highly pointless.

I.E 0/x = 0 EVERY TIME

 

[Daniel Holst Hviid]

just like 0 is neither a possitive number or a negative number, its neither an even or odd number..

 

[flaming_ninja]

Anything ending in 02468 so 0 is even.

1.2

That's not odd either.

 

[4li3n]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

Except that it would take you infinity to get to the difference... and thus the difference would never appear.

Unlike Achilles and the Turtle the proof isn't actually disproved by anything in the physical world (and thus not a paradox).

 

[flaming_ninja]

just like 0 is neither a possitive number or a negative number, its neither an even or odd number.. even numbers can be devided by 2, and still give a whole number, and you cant devide 0 with anything

Yes you can, but it always equals zero, you cannot do the reverse, which is divide other values by zero, or zero by zero.

 

[flaming_ninja]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

Except that it would take you infinity to get to the difference... and thus the difference would never appear.

Unlike Achilles and the Turtle the proof isn't actually disproved by anything in the physical world (and thus not a paradox).

Appear, what do you mean appear?

 

[Subbies]

It's by definition even and positive.

 

[4li3n]

Appear, what do you mean appear?

I mean you'd never get to it, just like infinity.

It would never come into existence.

So while they're two different numbers, their value in the real world would be the same for infinity time... so even if the universe never ends you never get to see any difference.

 

[flaming_ninja]

Appear, what do you mean appear?

I mean you'd never get to it, just like infinity.

It's not a physical thing you can't get to 4 either.

 

[Hagi]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

10 * 0.9*recurring = 9.9*recurring. (simply switch the decimal point one place as always when multiplying by ten)
9.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9. (beyond the decimal point these numbers are identical.)
10 * 0.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9 * 0.9*recurring = 9. (10 * a - a = 9 * a. By the definition of multiplication.)
9 * 0.9*recurring = 9 * 1.
0.9*recurring = 1.

No difference at all. Not even an infinitely small one.

 

[Slanzinger]

To those saying it isn't an integer... it is.
Zero is just as much a number as one or two. It's infinity that's the "concept rather than a number".
It's even by definition. The true question would be "is it positive or negative", to which the answer *would* be "neither".

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

10 * 0.9*recurring = 9.9*recurring. (simply switch the decimal point one place as always when multiplying by ten)
9.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9. (beyond the decimal point these numbers are identical.)
10 * 0.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9 * 0.9*recurring = 9. (10 * a - a = 9 * a. By the definition of multiplication.)
9 * 0.9*recurring = 9 * 1.
0.9*recurring = 1.

No difference at all. Not even an infinitely small one.

I don't see why people always use this proof when proving 0.99... = 1. do people not like sequences and series?

 

[flaming_ninja]

0.9*recurring is not equal to 1 because no matter how infinitesimally small the difference is, the difference exists.

10 * 0.9*recurring = 9.9*recurring. (simply switch the decimal point one place as always when multiplying by ten)
9.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9. (beyond the decimal point these numbers are identical.)
10 * 0.9*recurring - 0.9*recurring = 9 * 0.9*recurring = 9. (10 * a - a = 9 * a. By the definition of multiplication.)
9 * 0.9*recurring = 9 * 1.
0.9*recurring = 1.

No difference at all. Not even an infinitely small one.

Beyond the decimal point these numbers are identical 1.2 and 3.2

 

[4li3n]

It's not a physical thing you can't get to 4 either.

My 5 fingers on my hand disagree...

 

[Hagi]

I don't see why people always use this proof when proving 0.99... = 1. do people not like sequences and series?

Because it works? Unless you wish to argue that f(x)=9x isn't a bijective function or that g(x) =10x-x does not equal f(x)?

 

[4li3n]

I don't see why people always use this proof when proving 0.99... = 1. do people not like sequences and series?

Because it works?

WORST.REASON.EVER!!!

 

[Hagi]

Beyond the decimal point these numbers are identical 1.2 and 3.2

And since they're equal beyond the decimal point they make a whole number when subtracting the smaller one from the larger one, namely 2.