Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 day agoBig Numberssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down122
arrow-up1402arrow-down1imageBig Numberssh.itjust.worksVeraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoYes, but not all concepts are numbers
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoExactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAh okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoWell said. Another example is (infinity)+1=(infinity) If you subtract infinity from both sides you’re left with 1=0. Which is impossible. Similar things happen with multiplication and division.
Yes, but not all concepts are numbers
Exactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.
Ah okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number
Well said. Another example is (infinity)+1=(infinity)
If you subtract infinity from both sides you’re left with 1=0. Which is impossible. Similar things happen with multiplication and division.