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Can infinity be used as a number?
Infinity is not a real number, it is an idea. An idea of something without an end. Infinity cannot be measured.
Why is zero a number but not infinity?
The concept of zero and that of infinity are linked, but, obviously, zero is not infinity. Rather, if we have N / Z, with any positive N, the quotient grows without limit as Z approaches 0. Hence we readily say that N / 0 is infinite.
What is the real biggest number?
The biggest number referred to regularly is a googolplex (10googol), which works out as 1010^100. To show how ridiculous that number is, mathematician Wolfgang H Nitsche started releasing editions of a book trying to write it down.
Why is infinity not classified as a number?
Infinity is merely the idea of endlessness, of going on forever. This is why it’s technically a concept and not a number. Of course, if we’re really being technical then I guess I would have to say, if infinity were truly limitless then it wouldn’t even be nameable.
Is there any number that is more than infinity?
There are no numbers bigger than infinity, but that does not mean that infinity is the biggest number, because it’s not a number at all. For the same reason, infinity is neither even nor odd. Is a googolplex number bigger than infinity? Almost inevitably, at this point someone proffers an even bigger number, “googolplex.”
Is infinity a number or a concept?
Infinity (symbol: ∞) is a concept describing something without any bound or larger than any natural number.
Is there a number past infinity?
If you’re counting something and you never reach the end, that’s infinity. But you can’t treat infinity as a number. The tricks that work with numbers don’t always work with infinity. You can say that every number comes before infinity, since you can count up to it. So in that way there are no numbers past infinity.