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A simple one
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A simple one
∞ + ∞ = ?

∞ - ∞ = ?

∞ / ∞ = ?

∞ x ∞ = ?

∞ / (∞ / 2) = ?

1 / ∞ = ?
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#3
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#4
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All of those are invalid since infinity isn't a number, it's a concept.

Asking what 1 / ∞ is is like asking what 1 / 0 is. It's undefined.
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#5
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yep, you can have ∞ > ∞ > ∞ > ∞ > ∞ > ∞...
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#6
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Indeed. Using set notation:

R = Set of real numbers.
Z = Set of integers (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...)

|x| = Number of values in set x.

We get:

|R| = ∞
|Z| = ∞

Yet |R| > |Z| (it's bigger by a factor of ∞ precisely)
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#7
RE: A simple one
∞ + ∞ = infinity

∞ - ∞ = indeterminate (can indeterminate forms be applied to non-limits?)

∞ / ∞ = indeterminate

∞ x ∞ = infinity

∞ / (∞ / 2) = indeterminate

1 / ∞ = 0
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RE: A simple one
(February 20, 2010 at 1:27 pm)Zhalentine Wrote: ∞ + ∞ = infinity

∞ - ∞ = indeterminate (can indeterminate forms be applied to non-limits?)

∞ / ∞ = indeterminate

∞ x ∞ = infinity

∞ / (∞ / 2) = indeterminate

1 / ∞ = 0

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You can't add or subtract from infinity because its not a real number.
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RE: A simple one
(February 20, 2010 at 1:33 pm)Darwinian Wrote:
(February 20, 2010 at 1:27 pm)Zhalentine Wrote: ∞ + ∞ = infinity

∞ - ∞ = indeterminate (can indeterminate forms be applied to non-limits?)

∞ / ∞ = indeterminate

∞ x ∞ = infinity

∞ / (∞ / 2) = indeterminate

1 / ∞ = 0

Well done Big Grin Have a cigar.
What basis do you have for giving him a cigar when 3 of his answers are wrong?
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