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On 7/19/2013 1:54 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 10:48 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> I think I could say the specific infinity I'm thinking of would be the
>> biggest type of infinity.
>> What would that be?
>
>
> You will be sorry you asked that. :-P
>
Haha, that seems to be the answer to a lot of math questions of this
sort! I did what I could to make my answer not too painful though.
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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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>> That is, if you add two infinities, the result is the size of
>> whichever is the largest infinity. (Thus, when you add a particular
>> infinity to itself, nothing happens.)
>
> This is all very interesting. :)
>
> I was thinking of adding any particular infinity to itself.
Then my last paragraph contains all you need to know. ;-)
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On 19/07/2013 09:34 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> 2) What is addition?
>
> And in addition, for your question:
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! ;-)
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On 19/07/2013 09:37 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> This is all very interesting. :)
>
> I was thinking of adding any particular infinity to itself.
I may also have glossed over the fact that the results you get from set
theory vary slightly depending on WHICH VERSION OF SET THEORY you happen
to be talking about. There are several slight variations of it.
Think of it like playing chess; different chess tournaments have very
slightly different rules. Usually it doesn't matter, but sometimes the
outcome of a particular match can depend on exactly which rules you
choose to play by.
(One of the fun things about mathematics is simply INVENTING new rules
out of thin air and seeing where that takes you...)
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On 19/07/2013 11:04 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> On 7/19/2013 1:54 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 19/07/2013 10:48 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>> I think I could say the specific infinity I'm thinking of would be the
>>> biggest type of infinity.
>>> What would that be?
>>
>>
>> You will be sorry you asked that. :-P
>>
>
> Haha, that seems to be the answer to a lot of math questions of this
> sort! I did what I could to make my answer not too painful though.
Indeed I understood it while I was reading it. ;-)
Seriously there a some pretty good minds around here but Nekar hasn't
mentioned to what standard his maths is. No offence Nekar, I only
studded maths, no every thing, to the end of highschool. (I think that
is what you call it. To just before university about 19 in the UK.)
And we all know that it is different answers for different folk.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 19/07/2013 11:19 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 09:34 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> 2) What is addition?
>>
>> And in addition, for your question:
>
> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! ;-)
>
+1
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:26:02 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 11:04 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> On 7/19/2013 1:54 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 19/07/2013 10:48 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>> I think I could say the specific infinity I'm thinking of would be the
>>>> biggest type of infinity.
>>>> What would that be?
>>>
>>>
>>> You will be sorry you asked that. :-P
>>>
>>
>> Haha, that seems to be the answer to a lot of math questions of this
>> sort! I did what I could to make my answer not too painful though.
>
>
> Indeed I understood it while I was reading it. ;-)
>
> Seriously there a some pretty good minds around here but Nekar hasn't
> mentioned to what standard his maths is. No offence Nekar, I only
> studded maths, no every thing, to the end of highschool. (I think that
> is what you call it. To just before university about 19 in the UK.)
> And we all know that it is different answers for different folk.
>
High school maths...
--
-Nekar Xenos-
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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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On 19/07/2013 11:16 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> That is, if you add two infinities, the result is the size of
>>> whichever is the largest infinity. (Thus, when you add a particular
>>> infinity to itself, nothing happens.)
>>
>> This is all very interesting. :)
>>
>> I was thinking of adding any particular infinity to itself.
>
> Then my last paragraph contains all you need to know. ;-)
Is that a RTFM comment?
--
Regards
Stephen
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