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by tsimionescu 386 days ago
I don't think decimals, especially repeated decimals or other infinite decimal expansions, show up much if at all in any advanced math subjects beyond the study of themselves, of course). Higher math is almost exclusively symbolic. You're more likely to need to learn that "1" is just a notation for the set which contains the empty set then to learn that it's OK to add 0.22... + 0.44... = 0.66...