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Re: A definition of an infinity, perhaps!?
Posted:
Oct 6, 2011 2:10 AM
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On Oct 6, 12:11 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...@phiwumbda.org> wrote:
> Frisbieinstein <patmpow...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Oct 5, 5:27 pm, Alen <al...@westserv.net.au> wrote:
> >> The purpose of this post is to try to understand what
> >> might be meant by the concept of 'infinity'.
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> > finis = end
> > in- = not, as in infidelity, inadmissable, insane, etc.
> > -ity = a condition
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> > so infinity is the condition of being without end.
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> There are *many* mathematical uses of the term "infinite" that have
> nothing to do with being "without end". (To take a simple example, the
> set w + 1 is infinite but has both minimal and maximal elements, which I
> suppose means it has two "ends".)
>
> --
> Jesse F. Hughes
> "To all Leaders of the World, buy or rent the movie 'The Day
> After'[...] I assure you will have a new perspective on WMDs."
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The number of elements is without end.
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