Student: “I have a proof against the assertion that 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… = 1, as follows:”
“First, we express 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… etc ... by the following diagram:”
________________________________________________________________ 1/2 +
________________________________________________________________ 1/4 +
________________________________________________________________ 1/8 +
________________________________________________________________ 1/16 +
________________________________________________________________ 1/32 +
________________________________________________________________ 1/64 + ...
“If 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… = 1, as you assert, then the most right (Red or Blue) segment must be reduced into a single 0-dimensional space.”
“But according to the diagram above, this reduction is impossible, because 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… converge as pairs of segments, which have equal lengths , where the values of 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… are determined by the most right point of the left segment of any arbitrary convergent pair of Blue\Red Red\blue equal segments, upon infinitely many scale levels”.
“In that case any arbitrary right segment of a given pair of equal segments upon infinitely many scale levels, is exactly the gap between any arbitrary number of 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… and the number of the limit.”
Teacher: “Nope, we have been over this before, in order for the current segment being summed to be zero length (a point) the previous sum must already have reached the limit.”
Student: “I agree with you exactly because 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… are the most right points of the left segment of any arbitrary convergent pair of Blue\Red Red\blue equal segments, upon infinitely many scale levels”.
“Again, In that case any arbitrary right segment of a given pair of equal segments upon infinitely many scale levels, is exactly the gap between
any arbitrary number of 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… and the number of the limit.”
Teacher: “Referring back to your diagram re-demonstrate your lack of understanding of Mathematics doesn't support your claim. The only thing clearly demonstrated in that diagram is your obstinate insistence on misrepresentation.”
Student: “Is this kind of reply is considered by you as a reasonable answer to my proof against
the assertion that 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32+1/64+… = 1?”