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In response to ""At some point, infinity has to stop" is what it sounded like you were saying. -- nm" by mara

not infinity but the way we represent infinity :)

Posted by Danedukenuuk Mar 5 '10, 13:33

otherwise you would never finsh the first ever calculation using infinite numbers

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The way we, humans, represent infinity in our limited physical capabilities is not important in mathematics -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 13:42 3
- no??? ask Reagan about that - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:44 2
  - We don't need to calculate it, we (human beings) invented the damn thing! And we decided that 0.999... is the same as 1 -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 13:48 1
    - thats my point exactly - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 14:10

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