Re: VOTE on whether 1/oo = 0

From: William Elliot (marsh_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:44:50 -0700

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Adam wrote:

> > > Ok. So what's the average value of infinity?
> >
> > Did you know that 1 + 1 = 3 for sufficiently large values of 1?
> >
> > Bob Kolker
> >
> Zen Math: 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2.
>
> My chemistry teacher had a poster of that in his class.
>
New age math: 1 + 1 = 1 = 2 + 2, it's all one.

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