/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15013445
An unbounded quantity that is greater than every real number.

>>14963890
An unbounded quantity that is greater than every real number.

>>14857081
at infinity

>>14782710
>let's pretend finite is infinite

>>12791240
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=infinity
An unbounded quantity that is greater than every real number.

>>12405276
>infinitely large number
inf isn't a number

>>12246255
because infinite is larger than any finite.
it behaves differently.
that's why 0.9... reaches 1, while any finite amount of 9s is only an approximation

>>12236460
As long as the distance AB>0, C moves along the bottom horizontal line.
Once AB=0, C is on the top horizontal line, if anywhere.
This is infinity. Infinity is larger than any real number. Infinity isn't a number.

>>11876302
>pass through the sieve
nope, that's where the axiom comes in

>>11319349
no such thing.
infinity is true btw, just not a number

>>11164952
>Infinity is a number
nope

>>11097417
not a number

>>11057263
>No matter how many decimals you go
yeah that's why infinity isn't a number,
by definition it's bigger than all of them

>>11035297
because infinity is larger than any real number

>>11017685
comb thru the definition like a lawyer would
An unbounded quantity that is greater than every real number.

>>10747930
you want a crayons-and-hand-puppets mental aid? as long as AB>0, tangent line BC hits the bottom horizontal line. So it is kind of like 1/AB gives bigger and bigger results when AB gets smaller and smaller.
But when AB=0, the tangent doesn't hit the bottom horizontal line, ie. it isn't a real number anymore. Infinity is represented by the top horizontal line. It doesn't touch the bottom one at all, ever.