Re: virus: infinity

Eric Boyd (6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:09:49 -0500


hey,

"Doug Bailey Jr." <doug.bailey@ey.com>
> The challenge in defining infinity as a concept is not using
> a circular definition (i.e., referring to infinity in the
> conceptual definition). I am more partial to the conceptual
> definition of infinity as a paradigm shift or the result of
> conditions that are not comprehensible by whatever mathematics
> were are applying to those conditions.

I think it's easier to define infinity as the symbol we use to denote the
concept of a number greater than any given finite number. Alternatively,
you can define infinity as

limit ( 1/n )
n-->0

ERiC