Re: Infinity is not that big!

From: Normus Chirac (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:13:42 -0500

"HERC777" <herc777@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d8422d00.0410281515.4c290ad2@posting.google.com...
> oo is not a number
> oo has no magnitude

oo is a number greater than all the other positive numbers

oo's magnitude is greater than all other numbers

>
> 0 is not a natural number
> 0 has no magnitude

0 is a natural number, it was born way.
0 is a magnitude, and has a magnitude of 0

>
> if infinity was a number then oo = 0

But you state that infinity is not a number, so how can it = 0.

>
> Herc

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