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> You can add infinite to both sides No you can't, it's illegal.
by fctorial 6y ago
> You can add infinite to both sides
No you can't, it's illegal.
- IncRnd 6y agoWhere is that law written?
- fctorial 6y agoIt's an illegal operation
- exmadscientist 6y ago"Infinity plus one" is completely legal and well-defined in multiple mathematical formalisms [0], not least of which (and my personal favorite) are the surreal numbers [1]. [0] https://blog.plover.com/math/infinity-for-kids.html https://blog.plover.com/math/infinity-for-kids.html [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number#Transfinite_induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number#Transfinite_ind...
- fctorial 6y agoI meant adding infinity to both sides
- exmadscientist 6y agoWorking in the surreal numbers, you can, in fact, add "infinity" (specifically, the one usually called ω) to both sides of an equation, and everything is rigorously defined and works correctly.
- Y_Y 6y agoLaws don't all have to be written.
- IncRnd 6y agoThank you. However, in this specific case, the question, "where is that law written?" was asking about the incorrect statement that the GP made.
- nl 6y agoIt's legal for both cardinal and ordinal numbers, as well as slightly more exotic number types. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_plus_one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_plus_one
- Y_Y 6y agoWhat if the Pope has appointed the number a cardinal only in pectore?