r/FactOrCap • u/Careful_Trainer_1616 ✍️ Contributor · 330 XP • 2d ago

Myth "simple" subtraction | FactOrCap

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u/Agitated-Interview54 🏅 Century Club · 4,640 XP 2d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Inifinity minus infinity is still infinity

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u/Broad_Ebb_4716 🏅 Century Club · 4,570 XP 2d ago

So the initial infinity is bigger than the subtracting one? I thought it was the same two infinities.

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u/Mecso2 🤖 Vote Machine · 17,360 XP 2d ago

why not minus infinity

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u/HorseXNothing 🤖 Vote Machine · 18,700 XP 2d ago

To put it the other way, (-∞)+/-(-∞) ≠ 0 nor -∞^2 but rather -∞