Infinity

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Infinity, also written ∞, is larger than any number that can possibly be imagined. The term comes from the Latin word meaning "without end".

Infinity is not really the number, because it does not behave like numbers. Numbers can be counted, but infinity cannot be counted. Nowadays, people are proposing that infinity is just an abstract concept.

Infinity can be broken up in two different kinds; potential and actual infinity. Potential infinity is the process that never stops. For example, adding 10 to the number. No matter how many times 10 is added, 10 more can still be added. Actual infinity is something that we cannot imagine or put the value on in our system of concepts.

External links

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Advanced_Concepts.htm
A Crash Course in the Mathematics of Infinite Sets, by Peter Suber. From the St. John's Review, XLIV, 2 (1998) 1-59. The stand-alone appendix to Infinite Reflections, below. A concise introduction to Cantor's mathematics of infinite sets.
Infinite Reflections, by Peter Suber. How Cantor's mathematics of the infinite solves the handful of ancient philosophical problems of the infinite. From the St. John's Review, XLIV, 2 (1998) 1-59.
Infinity, Principia Cybernetica
Hotel Infinity
The concepts of finiteness and infinity in philosophy
Source page on medieval and modern writing on Infinity

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