• @[email protected]
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    101 month ago

    Imaginary numbers have a specific value, just like all the normal numbers we use on a daily basis. Infinity is not a specific value. Instead, it’s a qualitative property like “flat”, “periodic”, or “symmetric”.

    • @QuarterSwede
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      1 month ago

      I think of it this way, infinity is an action. It’s not a “thing.” This is why it’s not countable. It doesn’t stop to be counted.

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        11 month ago

        What do you mean by action? Like, how running or writing are actions people can take? So maybe infinity would be an action a group of numbers can take?

        • @QuarterSwede
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          11 month ago

          Well yes and no. With running or writing those actions will stop at some point because we aren’t capable of doing them forever. Infinity doesn’t stop.