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Geometric series — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 1/21/41/81/161/321/64the whole square is 17 pieces and a remainder of 7.81e-3 of the squarethe sum is not approached from outside and it is not reached: there is always aremainder, and it is always the piece about to be halved

    The sum that fits in one square

    Half, then a quarter, then an eighth, forever. Adding infinitely many things sounds like it should give infinity, and the picture that says otherwise is a square with a corner left uncut.

    rung 1 · analysis

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