Important Math Question

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Yeah, that's it.
My head hurts. Oweee!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

dark matter pushes. i think.

what's L'hopital's? rule?

Therefore infinity divided by infinity is simultaneously equal to infinity, and 1

1 of: infinity

Imagine trying to halve all the possible idea's in the world - both halves would still be limitlessly big, hence infinite.

My head hurts.

now think about the fact that both infinite halves would be smaller than the whole...

Calculations involving infinity tend to break down into paradoxes.

i think that's because we try to fit infinite into the definitions and calculations we've developed for finity.

1. The infinite number of photons in the universe have to all be in the same place; just where you happen to be standing. Besides being an incredible piece of bad luck, this would be quite difficult to time. And if you managed it somehow, you'd be left with an infinite sized universe empty of photons, except where you are.

nope, would only need a fraction of the photons...

Ignore me.

nope.

Good points, and certainly true for a universe which is expanding at an accelerating rate, as our universe currently seems to be. Of course, in such a universe, the volume that we can interact with in any way is certainly very finite, so you throw away much of the appeal of having an infinite universe.

who says we're the only big bang?

Zero + any number is still zero. But 1 + any number and you have a new number.

i think you mean *.

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[ November 05, 2003, 00:29: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Instar]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Zero + any number is still zero.

0 + 2 = 2
You forget some important math there Atrocities?
0 * any number = 0

[Fyron]

what's L'hopital's? rule?

When you have the limit of a function a/b (where a and b are functions of the same variable, such as x) that is of the form 0/0, inf/inf, or inf/0, you can find the limit with d(a) / d(b). That is, the derivative of a divided by the derivative of b (not the derivative of a/b!).

now think about the fact that both infinite halves would be smaller than the whole...

And yet both still infinite.

[ November 05, 2003, 01:19: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

what?

[Fyron]

Do you know anything about calculus? What limits and derivatives are?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, i know what they are if your not talking about math. but math terms tend to have their own reality.