
What exactly is infinity? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Definition: Infinity refers to something without any limit, and is a concept relevant in a number of fields, predominantly mathematics and physics. The English word infinity derives from Latin …
What is infinity divided by infinity? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Aug 11, 2012 · I know that $\infty/\infty$ is not generally defined. However, if we have 2 equal infinities divided by each other, would it be 1? if we have an infinity divided by another half-as …
If you subtract a finite number from an infinity, does the infinity ...
Jun 9, 2023 · so long as x is a finite number. Meaning, adding or subtracting a finite number to an infinity does not change its value, but I vaguely remember a YouTube video that talked about …
soft question - Why is $\infty \cdot 0$ not clearly equal to $0 ...
Mar 25, 2011 · (i.e add 0 0 to 0 0 as many times as you like, result is 0 0) So I thought an infinite number of 0 0 's cannot be anything but 0 0? But someone claims different but couldn't offer a …
One divided by Infinity? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Similarly, the reals and the complex numbers each exclude infinity, so arithmetic isn't defined for it. You can extend those sets to include infinity - but then you have to extend the definition of …
limits - Infinity divided by infinity - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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Is 1 + infinity > infinity? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Dec 13, 2021 · So new_infinity would just become "1 + infinity". They argue that you can just substitute in x x for infinity and have the statement 1 + x> x 1 + x> x which is true (but I don't …
What is imaginary infinity, - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 14, 2017 · The infinity can somehow branch in a peculiar way, but I will not go any deeper here. This is just to show that you can consider far more exotic infinities if you want to. Let us …
Types of infinity - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Oct 28, 2015 · I understand that there are different types of infinity: one can (even intuitively) understand that the infinity of the reals is different from the infinity of the natural numbers. Or …
infinity - How does it equal -1/12? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
So all my friends keep telling me that if you add up all the numbers from 1 to infinity, (1+2+3+4...) then the answer is -1/12. They showed me this proof with infinite sums, but I didn't understand …