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To: narby

I thought Math proved the existence of infinity?


925 posted on 12/20/2005 1:39:52 PM PST by benjibrowder (Part of the evil Republican Death Machine (just joking))
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To: benjibrowder

"I thought Math proved the existence of infinity?"

You did? Math deals with the concept of infinity, but does not prove the existence of infinity. You see, infinity + 1 is larger than infinity.

Math generally speaks of "approaching infinity". Infinity is a concept, not an actual number.


945 posted on 12/20/2005 1:44:41 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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