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OpenStudy (amorfide):

If you can not reach infinite, and there are infinite numbers between any two integers, how do we know the next integer exists?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

we don't is a conceptual modality

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

just like infinity, is also a concept and is prone to any other logical inconsistencies

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Use a summation. Say we want to prove that the integer 1 exists. We can define a summation: .9+.09+.009+... as \[\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}.9(.1^n)\] This is a geometric series, which is exactly equal to a/(1-r), where a is the first value(.9) and r is the ratio(.1) .9/(1-.1) = .9/.9 = 1 exactly. If you take the summation of numbers that are being reduced by a certain factor all the way until infinity, you will eventually reach that whole number integer, after adding an infinite number of terms.

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