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by rbabich 5698 days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_series

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenos_paradox (Hint: It's not really a paradox.)

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This doesn't address the fact you are making a logical fallacy. You can't make a calculation assuming the ball bounces infinitely often and then after the calculation go back and say the ball stops bouncing because it invalidates your original calculation.