Won't the curvature of spacetime mess up your distance/volume calculation?
[i]Isn't that assuming the universe is a cube? [/i]
+ 4/3 ? r3
you mean + 4/3 ?(?/2)^3
How many number between 1 and infinity - infinity
No.
It's a nonsensical question.
You might as well ask how many numbers are there between 1 and more.
It's meaningless. Infinity is a concept, not a real number. So you cannot do arithmetic with it. There are an infinite number of real numbers, but that does not mean that there is a real number called infinity. Obviously.
I like the fact that I am made up of 0.000000000000001% something... and the rest of me is nothing.
[i]how many numbers are there between 1 and more[/i]
lots?
I like the fact that I am made up of 0.000000000000001% something... and the rest of me is nothing.
And the [i]something[/i] you are made from is mainly stardust.
[b]+Bold[/b] is where it's at.
+ baby robin?
Klunk - Member
+Bold is where it's at.
I think you'll find Ariel Universe Ultimate is whiter than white and gives far more colorful colours and better shades of grey.
It's a nonsensical question.You might as well ask how many numbers are there between 1 and more.
It's meaningless. Infinity is a concept, not a real number. So you cannot do arithmetic with it. There are an infinite number of real numbers, but that does not mean that there is a real number called infinity. Obviously.
I respectfully disagree
Infinity isn't merely a concept its essential mathmatically in calculus and set theory.
richmtb - Member
Infinity isn't merely a concept its essential mathmatically in calculus and set theory.
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Infinity isn't merely a concept its essential mathmatically in calculus and set theory
I didn't say it wasn't an essential concept.
But it's not a real number. You can't count to it. So trying to put it in arithmetic statements is nonsense.
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the 'concept' of infinity falls down when you use it in basic arithmetic and algebra and you end up creating paradoxes.
yes, it has its place in calculus and other branches of more complex theoretical mathematics, but not arithmetic.
I remember a variation of the infant school playground "my dad's bigger than your dad" whereby as five year olds we didn't realise that falsely claiming that your dad was the oldest (iirc I said my dad was 99 years old 😆 ) did not necessarily make him more likely to duff up everyone else's dads....
damn you binners, I was going to go negative.
Did Johnny Ball do a programme on this?
? + ? = ?
? - ? = ?
? x ? = ?
? / ? = ?0 + 0 = 0
0 - 0 = 0
0 x 0 = 0
0 / 0 = ?Therefore ? = 0
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There was a nice bit on the radio years ago about a guy trying to explain infinity to his young son:
Dad: Son, what do you think the largest number anyone could possibly count to, a number so big nobody could count any higher
Boy: errr, Eight million, three thousand and sixty three
Dad: ahh but, what if i add one more to that, making Eight million, three thousand and sixty four
Boy: Well.... I was close.
this thread needs +a few pie charts
