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Where is that law written?
by IncRnd 6y ago
Where 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.