Do you believe Infinity is a number?

[Vivian]

We all know what Infiity, or that sideways 8 is. It's when we're killing an endless wave of zombies in zombies mode, or playing tetris or something like that. But, do you believe it is a number?
I believe not.

 

[SuperMarioFanX100]

Nope.

It's basically the same thing as limitless and that isn't a number.

 

[UnknownToaster]

How can you BELIEVE it's a number?
It's not something that ups for argument, it's pretty obvious.

 

[Zexis]

How can you BELIEVE it's a number?
It's not something that ups for argument, it's pretty obvious.

"Infinity" is an abstract concept...sort of like "i". It can't be defined. So, no, it isn't a number.

 

[Porkman]

It isn't a number whether you want to believe it or not...

 

[Darkrai]

its just a concept...

 

[UnknownToaster]

"Infinity" is an abstract concept...sort of like "i". It can't be defined. So, no, it isn't a number.

I wasn't saying it was a number I was actually saying the opposite, though I can easily see how someone could take it that I was saying it was.

 

[Member]

yes and its over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheUltimateKoopa]

i IS a number, if by 'i' you mean "the (square) root of minus one". It's what you call an imaginary number.
What you call "numbers", are real numbers (6, 85, 9001, 1337), numbers such as i, -7i, 49i are imaginary numbers.
"real numbers" + "imaginary numbers" = "complex numbers", such as 1337 + 9001i, or 6 - 3i

In total, there are: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, algebraic numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, p-adic numbers, surreal numbers, and hyperreal numbers.
Natural numbers can be defined as either "positive numbers", or "non-negative numbers" -- note the difference between positive numbers and non-negative, is that positive numbers do not inlude '0', however sometimes 0 is referred to as a natural number
Integers are simply "whole numbers" (i.e. not fractions), 1337, 9001, 666, are integers
A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a fraction, e.g. 0.5 can be expessed as 1/2, 0.33333 can be expressed as 1/3
An algebraic number is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with rational (or equivalently, integer) coefficients, for example

and

are algebraic since they are the roots of polynomials x[sup]2[/sup] − 2 and 8x[sup]3[/sup] − 3, respectively.

Er... read the rest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_system

 

[(DL)]

i IS a number, if by 'i' you mean "the (square) root of minus one". It's what you call an imaginary number.
What you call "numbers", are real numbers (6, 85, 9001, 1337), numbers such as i, -7i, 49i are imaginary numbers.
"real numbers" + "imaginary numbers" = "complex numbers", such as 1337 + 9001i, or 6 - 3i

In total, there are: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, algebraic numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, p-adic numbers, surreal numbers, and hyperreal numbers.
Natural numbers can be defined as either "positive numbers", or "non-negative numbers" -- note the difference between positive numbers and non-negative, is that positive numbers do not inlude '0', however sometimes 0 is referred to as a natural number
Integers are simply "whole numbers" (i.e. not fractions), 1337, 9001, 666, are integers
A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a fraction, e.g. 0.5 can be expessed as 1/2, 0.33333 can be expressed as 1/3
An algebraic number is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with rational (or equivalently, integer) coefficients, for example

and

are algebraic since they are the roots of polynomials x[sup]2[/sup] − 2 and 8x[sup]3[/sup] − 3, respectively.

Er... read the rest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_system

*head implodes*

 

[Grohdok]

Well, I guess the only friends those numbers have are.... IMAGINARY friends.

 

[Yoshi64Mario]

Personally, its just a word that describes something that goes on and on and on....

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Yeah, that was just copy and paste

 

[NintendudeCT]

Numbers are finite. Infinity is not, so it is not a number.

 

[Vivian]

Numbers are finite. Infinity is not, so it is not a number.

Also, Guess what's larger than Infinity?
The following Algebraic expression shows:
∞ + 1
But
∞[sup]10[/sup] (500[sup]50[/sup] x 200,000[sup]250[/sup])
Is even larger, but turned into an equation equals
∞
lol numbers.

 

[ninjablooper]

Dev...

∞ + 1 = ∞

 

[Vivian]

Dev...

∞ + 1 = ∞

∞ + 1
Is simply an expression in algebra. But it proves that ∞ + 1 is larger than ∞.
∞ - 1 is one smaller than infinity.

 

[ninjablooper]

Infinity isn't a variable or number though.

 

[NintendudeCT]

At least Matt knows what he's talking about.

 

[NintenDan]

Infinity isn't a number until I turn my head on it's side... get it? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[Star Bright]

Wh-
Why is this topic bringing back horrible memories of diverging series in BC last year?