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by marknadal 3124 days ago
Um, did nobody think to write ∞?
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∞ is not a number.

Yes, you can argue [0], but in my opinion it is the safer and saner route to not use it as a number.

[0] https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/36289/is-infinity-a...

Well there are many different kinds of numbers, but it’s not a an integer or a natural number or a real number or a rational number.

‘What’s the largest natural number you can describe’ is probably a better way to formulate it.

Hah, had the same thought myself.