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> When a mathematician says infinity they mean a repeatable process that we can keep doing forever. I don't think many mathematicians would agree. The real num
by giomasce 4y ago
> When a mathematician says infinity they mean a repeatable process that we can keep doing forever.
I don't think many mathematicians would agree. The real numbers are an infinite set, but I don't think is commonly thought as something generated by a repeated process.
In common mathematics infinite sets exist just as much as finite ones.
In reality I can agree that infinite sets do not exist, but then neither do finite sets. At least, not in the way mathematicians mean.