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dontbombiraq wrote:

zubblewu wrote:

I think by some infinities are larger than others he's referring to the infinite number of decimals between integers and the number of integers. Those are still the same infinity, though. Infinity isn't a number, and doesn't behave like normal numbers. The amount of rational numbers between two integers and the amount of real numbers is the same.

I was considering infinity to be a sequence of ever-growing whole numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...)
although saying the infinity - infinity was different numbers is silly because you gave no distinction between them.
And 3.3_ - ∞ =/= ∞ anyway.

infinity minus infinity is the same number
that was my point
theres only one infinity

Last edited by zubblewu (2013-01-13 18:44:22)

Infinity is not a number, and therefore can't be used.
If it is a number (like some of you are saying), then it must abide by all rules of numbers.
And this equation is true with all numbers: x-x=0
if infinity is a number, than it can be x, and then it must be 0.

@the person who said the different possibilities of infinity, it's only possible to use 1 type of infinity. The one that has every whole number starting from 1 and on.
The theorem says that a,b, and c have to be a positive integer. Which means that it has to be greater than 0, and it can't have any decimal places, which only goes with 1 type of infinity.

zubblewu wrote:

RenOkshadia3537 wrote:

Infinity is not a number, and therefore can't be used.
If it is a number (like some of you are saying), then it must abide by all rules of numbers.
And this equation is true with all numbers: x-x=0
if infinity is a number, than it can be x, and then it must be 0.

@the person who said the different possibilities of infinity, it's only possible to use 1 type of infinity. The one that has every whole number starting from 1 and on.
The theorem says that a,b, and c have to be a positive integer. Which means that it has to be greater than 0, and it can't have any decimal places, which only goes with 1 type of infinity.

infinity isnt an integer
and every number could be considered to have a decimal place, just with integers having .0 in the decimal place

I know. I was saying to the person who said that there are different types of infinity that if it was possible (even though it's not) to use infinity for this theorem, it can only be 1 type.
Also, I know about the .0 thing too. I was just trying to make it understandable, without getting way too complex.