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To: who_would_fardels_bear
∞/∞ is simply 3 symbols which has no meaning. Ever. Of any kind.
24 posted on 02/20/2015 6:27:50 PM PST by FredZarguna (Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.)
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To: FredZarguna
Whatever it means, it's definitely not 1.

I just finished reading David Foster Wallace's book "Everything and More". When dealing with infinite quantities mathematicians have to be very careful how they state things. Having an infinity and an equal sign in the same equation is almost always a bad idea.

65 posted on 02/20/2015 8:25:06 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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