Re: Infinity is not that big!

From: HERC777 (herc777_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: 29 Oct 2004 01:12:08 -0700

"robert j. kolker" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in
> HERC777 wrote:
>
> >
> > 0 is not a natural number
> > 0 has no magnitude
>
> 0 is the identity element of the additive group of rational integers
> (i.e. 0, positive integers and negative integers). So one cannot say 0
> is nothing.
> >
> > if infinity was a number then oo = 0
>
> 0 is a number. oo is not a number in the algebraic sense.
>
> Bob Kolker

The intention here is that "infinty is BIG" "Bigger than anything else" is
misleading. Its more like just 'bigger', no size of its own.

Of the natural numbers 1 2 3 4 5 ..

0 is left and oo is right, they don't really count.

Herc

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