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29 Jul 2024 06:18:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Math questions  
From: Kevin Wampler
Date: 19 Jul 2013 17:06:34
Message: <51e9aa5a$1@news.povray.org>
On 7/19/2013 1:56 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 8:54 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> Is there any other answer
>
> How about and we may have an infinity of authors spinning in their graves:
>
> The sum of all the odd numbers is infinity.
> The sum of all even numbers is infinity.
> The sum of all numbers odd and even is infinity.
>
> So by doing ordinary sums:
> infinity + infinity = infinity
> and
> infinity = infinity * 2
>

You know, if you wrote that as "2 * infinity" the equation would 
actually be correct as far as the major definitions of infinity go. 
Ain't math grand?


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