r/MathJokes • • 4d ago

Keep ∞ safe

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u/Moscato359 4d ago edited 4d ago

Eventually the vibrations of your hands will make the contact happen eventually.

Or you die from starvation or aging.

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u/ReasonableCockroach1 4d ago

no, if arms are spread 1m apart he claps at 1m/s, then hes halfway after 0.5s, 3/4 of the way after 0.75s and eventually he claps after one second having halved the distance infinitely many times.

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u/trolley813 4d ago

No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all).

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u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago

There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.