Difference between revisions of "Infinity"

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

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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:
+'''Infinity''' is not an actual number but something which is approached as a limit.
-<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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