On 19/07/2013 11:07 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> 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?
>

Damn! that was what I was going to do but thought that it was too big a 
leap to say that infinity * infinity = infinity. From what I had written 
before.
So out of (a passing) interest what is the difference?

PS the passing is my little joke. ;-)


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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