Re: Poetential infinity

Bill Taylor wrote:
> There was once a lot of debate, and still occasionally is,
> about the difference between "actual infinity" and "potential
> infinity".
>
> It always struck me that, whatever you thought about them,
> at least the defintion of actual inf was reasonably clear,
> but that the same couldn't really be said of potential inf.

Please make this self-contained (for us uneducated and lazy folks.)

C-B

> So, it occurred to me that a better name for "potential infinity"
> would be "unboundedly finite".
>
> Would this cover the case, do y'all think?
>
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