https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreal_number
Infinite numbers are numbers. Infinity is not a real number, but it is a hyperreal number, and thus a number.
I wish I could say that I was surprised, but to those not mired in mathematical sophistry… infinity is the furthest concept from a number… it has no known practical use, renders numerical comparisons and operations meaningless, and destroys all numbers to which it comes into contact. If anything, I would sooner accept that it is an anti-number. :)
Infinity ain’t a number though, it’s a concept
What about infinity +1
Well done you just invented ordinals
The awful handegg team from Arizona or the pretty good stickball outfit from St Louis?
Nah, you’re confusing them with the highest ranking navy position
That’s a slightly bigger concept.
All numbers are concepts.
All numbers are concepts
But some numbers are more conceptual
And infinity still isn’t a number
Misleading, at best, factually incorrect at worst.
Infinity is a number, unless your problem is that the indefinite article was there, but it is a number.
When did I say that?
Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
Not seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
Right there, above the red line.
Yes, but not all concepts are numbers
Exactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.
Ah okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number
Well said. Another example is (infinity)+1=(infinity)
If you subtract infinity from both sides you’re left with 1=0. Which is impossible. Similar things happen with multiplication and division.
