Name: Tim H.
Status: student
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Date: 7/13/2004
Question:
Is infinity a number?
Replies:
I do not believe that mathematicians refer to INFINITY as a real number
since 0 ? x ? ? is the INCORRECT way to represent all real numbers between
[ 0, ? ).
The brackets [] means to include 0 (zero)....Where the parenthesis (), mean
include everything up to, but NOT INCLUDING ?. My personal believe, as an
engineer, is that ? is only AN IDEA to aid mathematicians in explaining
things like vertical asymptotes and 1 / 0 and "non practical applications"
;) like this.
By the way, the true and CORRECT representation of all positive real numbers
between 0 and ? is as follows:
1.) [ 0, ? )
or
2.) 0 ? x < ?
I hope this has made some bit of sense. Please follow up, if not.
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