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This fraction gives all numbers from 0 to 999 in order. See for yourself :P
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2F998001

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Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:06 am
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Nice, don't tell me that you found that out by trial and error though...

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:50 pm
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no xD It was mentioned in a fb post by some math guy I know. And he got it from some site.
But its quite cool, so yea :P

Edit: yea it's 1/9801

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:02 pm
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Yay for the random math guy :)

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:06 pm
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There is also one that does all numbers from 0 to 99, I think its a smaler version of this. *looks up*

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:11 pm
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*Hopes for a new post*

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:13 pm
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I edited a post and said that it was 1/9801
Probably the wrong one xD

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:25 pm
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Yup, though nice that stuff like this actually happens in math :D

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:29 pm
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Yea, I like how one zero changes the whole fraction like that.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:42 pm
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Improvement: one zero and one 9 :P
But yeah, it's nice that stuff like this just happens

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edit: I'm blind, sorry xD

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How illuminating.


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