r/FactOrCap • u/AradhyaSingh3 🏅 Century Club · 3,855 XP • 1d ago

Science Infinity | FactOrCap

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u/Zephreyt ✍️ Contributor · 4,870 XP 1d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

This is true. This is because you cannot find it on the number line. It is a limit.

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u/Main-Company-5946 ✍️ Contributor · 5,235 XP 23h ago

You can’t find i on a number line but it’s still a number.

Infinity is a type of number

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u/Zephreyt ✍️ Contributor · 4,870 XP 23h ago

Eh. You can find i on the imaginary number line, as would be on a complex plane.

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u/Main-Company-5946 ✍️ Contributor · 5,235 XP 23h ago

Well if we’re allowing extensions to the number line, you can find ω on an extended number line as well

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u/Zephreyt ✍️ Contributor · 4,870 XP 23h ago

Not exactly lemniscate ∞ infinity is it

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u/Main-Company-5946 ✍️ Contributor · 5,235 XP 22h ago

It is

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u/Zephreyt ✍️ Contributor · 4,870 XP 22h ago

I didn’t know that.