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I defined it:

    0.000...1 = 1/10^∞ = 1/∞


That's not a definition. Neither 10^∞ nor 1/∞ is defined in any standard system, so you'll have to define those too if you want to use them to define 0.000…1.



You're working with surreal numbers? This is not what people would expect unless it's explicitly stated. In addition, you're likely going to have a hard time explaining surreal numbers to someone who struggles to grasp that 0.999... = 1 in the ordinary reals.


Surreal numbers and infinistemal are simpler to work with when you need to work with infinite series.

Here John Conway explains them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eAmxgINXrE




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