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18:50, April 11, 2007
I was wrong, it's not "the highest number" - see talk
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'''Infinity'''
as defined in mathematics refers to a quantity greater than any real number. The number ten has a higher number, because:
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'''Infinity''' is not an actual number but something which is approached as a limit.
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<math> 11 > 10 </math>
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But "infinity" by definition is higher than any particular number you specify. Is a million the highest number? No, because
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<math> 1,000,000 + 1 = 1,000,001 </math>
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Infinity therefore
is not an actual number but something which is approached as a limit.
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