The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDon't do the forbidden mathstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1973arrow-down111
arrow-up1962arrow-down1imageDon't do the forbidden mathstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago Just add ∞ to the both sides That’s why ∞ - ∞ is left undefined (same as 0/0 and ∞/∞)
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoadding ∞ to both sides does not create a ∞ - ∞ situation, though. The substraction is a whole different topic, because it becomes an elimination problem, whereas ∞ + ∞ = ∞
That’s why ∞ - ∞ is left undefined (same as 0/0 and ∞/∞)
adding ∞ to both sides does not create a ∞ - ∞ situation, though. The substraction is a whole different topic, because it becomes an elimination problem, whereas ∞ + ∞ = ∞