▲ 287 ▼ EDIT: I THINK I STAND CORRECTED (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.world 218 comments fedilink hide all child comments I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) ∞ = ∞ x 2 permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olafurp@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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 = ∞. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago Except subtraction is not applicable in this case permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago even if that's not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides permalink fedilink source parent [–] dilute6474@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago 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 = ∞. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] olafurp@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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 = ∞. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago Except subtraction is not applicable in this case permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago even if that's not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides permalink fedilink source parent [–] dilute6474@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago 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 = ∞. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago Except subtraction is not applicable in this case permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago even if that's not how you can write it, one gets the same issue in yours subtracting infinity from both sides permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dilute6474@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago 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 = ∞. permalink fedilink source parent
