Can there be infinity + 1?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Captain_Crunch, Nov 17, 2002.

  1. Captain_Crunch Club Ninja Valued Senior Member

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    This has probally been asked so many times but ill ask it again = Is there infinity +1 ?

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  3. SoLiDUS OMGWTFBBQ Registered Senior Member

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    Infinity + 1 ? Think about it for a moment...

    Done ? Okay: seing as INFINITY is an unlimited quantity, you can't
    add a value it already possesses, seem'sayin' (read: see what I'm
    saying) ?
     
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  5. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    (Should this question be in the Maths forum?)

    There is a field of mathematics which deals with <b>transfinite</b> numbers. Quantities such as infinity + 1 are actually well-defined in transfinite maths. However, a few things are a bit weird. For example:

    1 + infinity = infinity

    but

    infinity + 1

    is not the same as infinity (provided "infinity" is taken to be a particular transfinite number).
     
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  7. Captain_Crunch Club Ninja Valued Senior Member

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    thank you james R, i am enlightened.

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