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Undergrad Infinity subtracted from infinity is undefined.
to continue with your thread jack, that'd be cantor. some quick links from google: http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/diag.html http://people.bath.ac.uk/jp253/Project.html http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-infinity-comes-in-different-sizes...- mikepr@mac.co
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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Undergrad Infinity subtracted from infinity is undefined.
well i thought the whole x + 1 and (x + 1) was self explanitory, but if you'd like i'll add in (x + 1) = w = x + 1. i thought my way was a bit easier to follow for the original poster since people tend to get confused when you go tossing new variables around. or maybe (x + 1) = x'. whatever...- mikepr@mac.co
- Post #23
- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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Undergrad Infinity subtracted from infinity is undefined.
n is still n n + infinity does not just give you infinity back again, it gives you a different (ever so slightly larger) infinity. if you are to subtract the two infinities, you'd still get back n. n will always be n. you defined it, it's not going to change. not all infinities are the...- mikepr@mac.co
- Post #21
- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra