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'''Infinity''' as defined in mathematics refers to a number which has no greater number. The number ten has a higher number, because:
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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:
  
 
<math> 11 > 10 </math>
 
<math> 11 > 10 </math>

Revision as of 18:16, April 11, 2007

Infinity as defined in mathematics refers to a quantity greater than any real number. The number ten has a higher number, because:

<math> 11 > 10 </math>

But "infinity" by definition is higher than any particular number you specify. Is a million the highest number? No, because

<math> 1,000,000 + 1 = 1,000,001 </math>

Infinity therefore is not an actual number but something which is approached as a limit.

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