Monday, January 9, 2017

A large number and infinity are not the same thing.


What is Infinity? - Math is Fun

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Infinity is the idea of something that has no end. In our world we don't have anything like it. So we imagine traveling on and on, trying hard to get there, but that is ...

Infinity - Wikipedia

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Jump to Mathematics without infinity - Leopold Kronecker was skeptical of the notion of infinity and how his fellow mathematicians were using it in ...

infinity | mathematics | Britannica.com

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Mar 1, 2016 - The common symbol for infinity, ∞, was invented by the English ... Three main types of infinity may be distinguished: the mathematical, the ...

What Is Infinity? - Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

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One of the most difficult questions a curious student may ask a math teacher is whether ... And then of course comes another thoughtful extension: Is 1/infinity = 0?

Infinity -- from Wolfram MathWorld

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Infinity is a very tricky concept to work with, as evidenced by some of the counterintuitive ... Courant, R. and Robbins, H. "The Mathematical Analysis of Infinity.

[PDF]The History of Infinity - Department of Mathematics - Texas A&M ...

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by GD Allen - ‎Related articles
infinity. Yet, to the Greeks, the concept of infinity was forced upon them from ... developed a new field of mathematics being that of solving algebraic equations for ...

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