Question

is infinity a number?

Answer 1

yes, it comes right before \(\infty +1\)

Answer 2

it goes on forever, there is no number that could ever reach an end. so no it's not a number.

Answer 3

im not even typing.

Answer 4

infinity is everything yet nothing at the same time. its all of the posable numbers

Answer 5

ok so if is the number what is\[\infty /\infty\]

Answer 6

wow that makes infinity sound rather zen

Answer 7

There once was a student from Trinity,
Tried to take the square root of infinity.
Whilst counting the digits
Was seized with the fidgets.
Gave up math and took up divinity.

only clean limerick i know

Answer 8

Unless you're using an extended version of the real numbers such as the hypperreals or the surreals where infinity is a number in some sort of weird sense, \(\frac{\infty}{\infty}\) is undefined.

Answer 9

Even using surreal numbers I'm not sure \(\frac{\infty}{\infty}\) is strictly defined. Since those number systems may not have division.

Answer 10

\[\infty/\infty=1\]

Answer 11

anumber devidedby a number =1

Answer 12

@ asdfghjkl8063 wat is 0/0

Answer 13

@asdfghjkl8063 if we're in the real/complex numbers or any subset of those, \(\infty\) is not a number since \(\infty\notin\mathbb{R}\)

Answer 14

1

Answer 15

if you devide nothing by nothing you get somthing

Answer 16

Division by 0 is undefined. If we could divide by 0, \(0=1\). And \(0=2\). And \(1=2\). The number system would collapse.

Answer 17

Infinity (symbol: ∞) refers to something without any limit, and is a concept relevant in a number of fields, predominantly mathematics and physics. Having a recognizable history in these disciplines reaching back into the time of ancient Greek civilization, the term in the English language derives from Latin infinitas, which is translated as "unboundedness".[1]
In mathematics, "infinity" is often treated as if it were a number (i.e., it counts or measures things: "an infinite number of terms") but it is not the same sort of number as the real numbers. In number systems incorporating infinitesimals, the reciprocal of an infinitesimal is an infinite number, i.e., a number greater than any real number. Georg Cantor formalized many ideas related to infinity and infinite sets during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the theory he developed, there are infinite sets of different sizes (called cardinalities).[2] For example, the set of integers is countably infinite, while the set of real numbers is uncountably infinite.

Answer 18

Source: copy-pasted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity

Answer 19

true that

Answer 20

\(\frac{\infty}{\infty}=2\) since the numerator is twice as big as the denominator

Answer 21

:D

Answer 22

infinity inseption

Answer 23

\[\frac{\color{red}\infty}{\color{blue}\infty}=\color{green}\infty\]

Answer 24

@satellite how do u know that the numerator is greater

Answer 25

because it is infinity, so it is as large as i like it

Answer 26

ok

Answer 27

ignore me i am just being silly
infinity is not a number

Answer 28

Sure it is, 8 just got drunk in a bar...