• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    Imaginary numbers have a specific value, just like all the normal numbers we use on a daily basis. Infinity is not a specific value. Instead, it’s a qualitative property like “flat”, “periodic”, or “symmetric”.

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      3 hours ago

      I think of it this way, infinity is an action. It’s not a “thing.” This is why it’s not countable. It doesn’t stop to be counted.

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        What do you mean by action? Like, how running or writing are actions people can take? So maybe infinity would be an action a group of numbers can take?