
calculus - What is infinity divided by infinity? - Mathematics Stack ...
Aug 11, 2012 · One advantage of approach (2) is that it allows one to discuss indeterminate forms in concrete fashion and distinguish several cases depending on the nature of numerator and …
limits - Can I subtract infinity from infinity? - Mathematics Stack ...
Apr 28, 2016 · $\begingroup$ Can this interpretation ("subtract one infinity from another infinite quantity, that is twice large as the previous infinity") help us with things like …
Uncountable vs Countable Infinity - Mathematics Stack Exchange
As far as I understand, the list of all natural numbers is countably infinite and the list of reals between 0 and 1 is uncountably infinite. Cantor's diagonal proof shows how even a …
What exactly is infinity? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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 …
Proof of infinite monkey theorem. - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 24, 2015 · The infinite monkey theorem states that if you have an infinite number of monkeys each hitting keys at random on typewriter keyboards then, with probability 1, one of them will …
elementary set theory - What do finite, infinite, countable, not ...
Clearly every finite set is countable, but also some infinite sets are countable. Note that some places define countable as infinite and the above definition. In such cases we say that finite …
calculus - Infinite Geometric Series Formula Derivation
Infinite Geometric Series Formula Derivation. Ask Question Asked 12 years, 1 month ago. Modified 4 years ...
What is the difference between "infinite" and "transfinite"?
Jun 6, 2020 · The reason being, especially in the non-standard analysis case, that "infinite number" is sort of awkward and can make people think about $\infty$ or infinite cardinals …
I have learned that 1/0 is infinity, why isn't it minus infinity?
Infinite numbers do exist in the hyperreal number system which properly extends the real number system, but then their reciprocals are infinitesimals rather than zero. Thus the idea of …
Example of infinite field of characteristic $p\\neq 0$
On the other hand, if we had $\overline{\mathbb{F}_p}\subseteq\mathbb{F}_p(T)$, then we would have that there were some $\frac{f}{g}\in \mathbb{F}_p(T)$ such that …