balderdash to memes@lemmy.world • edit-29 months agoEDIT: I THINK I STAND CORRECTEDlemmy.zipimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down152file-text
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I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
minus-squareCavemanlinkfedilink-5•9 months agoThat’s not a true statement. 2∞ < ∞ and ∞ < 2∞ is how you’d write it. Otherwise you could subtract infinity from both sides and get 0 = ∞.
minus-square@dilute6474@feddit.delinkfedilink1•9 months agoNot true. 2∞ is not bigger or smaller than ∞. This is explained by Hilbert’s hotel. And subtracting infinity from infinity is undefined so you do not get 0 = ∞.
minus-square@lemmington_steele@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agoeven if that’s not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides
That’s not a true statement. 2∞ < ∞ and ∞ < 2∞ is how you’d write it.
Otherwise you could subtract infinity from both sides and get 0 = ∞.
Except subtraction is not applicable in this case
Not true. 2∞ is not bigger or smaller than ∞. This is explained by Hilbert’s hotel. And subtracting infinity from infinity is undefined so you do not get 0 = ∞.
even if that’s not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides