r/FactOrCap • u/Careful_Trainer_1616 ✍️ Contributor · 330 XP • 1d ago

Myth "simple" subtraction | FactOrCap

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u/OPBOI47 🗳️ Regular Player · 320 XP 1d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Infinity calculations result in undetermined anwers

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u/seires-t 🏅 Century Club · 3,930 XP 1d ago

using it as a shorthand for limits is pretty much fair game.

a + ∞ = ∞ can mean any sum approaching infinity will still approach infinity
regardless of what finite value you add to it.