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| 23 Feb 2014 06:18 PM |
| Infinity is not a number, it is a theory. There is no way to prove whether it exists or not, for to do so, you would have to count forever without stopping and it still would not be infinity... It is a conundrum. |
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| 23 Feb 2014 07:03 PM |
"So if your not gonna say its s number and answer questions, just let the thread die."
Why would I say infinity is a number when it clearly is not a number? Oh, and if you would have read the replies, you would have seen my answers to the questions. |
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| 23 Feb 2014 07:11 PM |
| I know, I finished this thread in another post, without replies, do me a favour and answer my haystack question! |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:24 PM |
In floating point operations, inf. is regarded as a number. There's also a number called NaN which is, as one would expect, not a number.
Your solutions are all correct except for #5. Inf. - inf. = NaN.
Generally, if you get inf - inf, you have to do some work to your function to make sure that you never have that case. |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:28 PM |
math equation possible to do with inf:
math.sqrt((infinite)*(infinite)) = infinte |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:32 PM |
| The word: "infinite" is an abstract quality; not a number, because it represents what we today cannot explain or "count" to in any manner of physical or mental steps. |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:33 PM |
the concept of infinity can be used in math concepts such as
side1 + side2 + side3 + side4 … +sideINF = 360 / #Sides
But other than that it's not a real # |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:39 PM |
| Thanks blobby... Now let the freaking thread die! |
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| 24 Feb 2014 03:41 PM |
| I am resurrecting this thread from the depths of vishnu's left bcheek |
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