Re: Infinity and indefinite extensibility

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 21:42:52 GMT
Message-ID: <w95cg.2674$nA2.2246@trndny01>

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:xOGbg.10257$A26.253535_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...

> Think back to highschool and statements like "The limit of 1/x as x
> approaches infinity". The limit, of course, is zero because "as x
> approaches infinity, 1/x approaches 0". 1/0, of course, is undefined.
>

I remember high school treatments of infinity well enough, even after nearly a half a century has gone by.
Your reply makes me think you haven't understood the gist of the question I was raising. Received on Sun May 21 2006 - 16:42:52 CDT