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re: What is infinity minus infinity?
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:22 pm to NotoriousFSU
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:22 pm to NotoriousFSU
So does the queen take the bishop or the rook ?
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Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:25 pm to GumboPot
So you’re saying that the answer is actually 288?
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:25 pm to theunknownknight
I’d have to say zero. n - n = 0 so substitute infinity for n
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:32 pm to dkreller
quote:
So you’re saying that the answer is actually 288?
That’s the funny thing about indeterminate forms. You can make them be anything you want. But it only makes sense when your mathematical model predicts nature. Physicists play this game all the time.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 8:43 pm to theunknownknight
According to the esteemed mathematician Billy Preston, nuthin from nuthin leaves nuthin. Hope that helps.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:10 pm to theunknownknight
There are an infinite number of numbers between zero and one....
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:11 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
What is infinity minus infinity?
A number approaching zero.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Infinity is not a number, so you can't substitute. Might as well say purple minus purple equals zero.
I’d have to say zero. n - n = 0 so substitute infinity for n
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:24 pm to theunknownknight
Same as 0 - 0.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 9:52 pm to theunknownknight
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L'Hopital's Rule
I took way too much math for my degrees.
ETA: that's one solution, I'm too buzzed to think harder.
L'Hopital's Rule
I took way too much math for my degrees.
ETA: that's one solution, I'm too buzzed to think harder.
This post was edited on 9/24/21 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 9/24/21 at 10:01 pm to theunknownknight
could an infinite number of gorillas beat an infinite number of grizzly bears?
Posted on 9/24/21 at 10:03 pm to theunknownknight
Hence the reason math isn't reality.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 10:04 pm to theunknownknight
Regular arithmetic isn’t really defined on infinities. Some infinities you can’t even place in order. What’s the smallest number bigger than 0?
Posted on 9/24/21 at 10:12 pm to surprisewitness
quote:Can you show your work?
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L'Hopital's Rule
Posted on 9/24/21 at 11:09 pm to theunknownknight
Indeterminate but usually three.
Posted on 9/24/21 at 11:38 pm to Hopeful Doc
get some wide screen photos from the Hubble telescope and consider the time and distance and realize that it in no way describes infinity adequately
Posted on 9/24/21 at 11:42 pm to theunknownknight
The subject on calculus would use a phrase like “indeterminate”.
This post was edited on 9/24/21 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:35 am to theunknownknight
I have retained next to nothing when it comes to advanced math over the years. But I always thought if the limit never approaches anything then the limit does not exist.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 8:36 am to theunknownknight
the ultimate answer to everything is 42
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