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I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·8 months agoThat’s not a true statement. 2∞ < ∞ and ∞ < 2∞ is how you’d write it. Otherwise you could subtract infinity from both sides and get 0 = ∞.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoExcept subtraction is not applicable in this case
minus-squaredilute6474@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNot true. 2∞ is not bigger or smaller than ∞. This is explained by Hilbert’s hotel. And subtracting infinity from infinity is undefined so you do not get 0 = ∞.
minus-squarelemmington_steele@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoeven if that’s not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides
That’s not a true statement. 2∞ < ∞ and ∞ < 2∞ is how you’d write it.
Otherwise you could subtract infinity from both sides and get 0 = ∞.
Except subtraction is not applicable in this case
Not true. 2∞ is not bigger or smaller than ∞. This is explained by Hilbert’s hotel. And subtracting infinity from infinity is undefined so you do not get 0 = ∞.
even if that’s not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides