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It turns out that if you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order.

Except for 998.



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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 08:33:26 PM EST
=1/998001
0,00000100200300400501000000000

Microsoft only knows how to count up to five. Am I surprised?

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by eurogreen on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 03:32:31 AM EST
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998,001 is 999 squared, so that does not seem very surprising

Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 03:58:24 PM EST
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The real reason is that 999 = 1000 - 1 so that

1 / 999 = 1 / (1000 - 1) = -1 (1 + 1000 + 1000000 + 1000000000 + ...)

LOL

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 05:52:32 PM EST
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Analogous to 111111111/9 = 12345679

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 05:44:01 PM EST
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