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Lian Del Rey - Student  |
You know how they say numbers like A-bajillion or Bazillion Or jillions aren't even real numbers? Well, there IS no last number, so it's infinity, which, of course, means it goes on forever and ever... Infinity's not the last number. So, for all you know, those words actually COULD be real numbers. _______________ slorp |
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Flash - Student 
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Whatever... |
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Drathir - Student 
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uh.... duh! of course if you want to talk about infinity, take the amount of numbers between 1 and 2, with decimals, its infinite and then taht infifinty infinty times... AHH!! *brain explodes*  _______________ Where we ask the question, "Is real life really stranger than fiction, or is fiction about real life being stranger than fiction stranger than real life being stranger than fiction?" Ow. -Paradox Lost Want to read my slowly in progress webcomic? -TCTI |
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Stimpski - Student 
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Thats like saying pi is about 3. It is a little more than 3, but they still haven't reached the end of it, I think. (Don't quote me on that. Also, if you would like pi up to 512 digits, post on my profile  ) _______________ Stimpski (formerly known as DeathScythe many, many moons ago.) JA Forum ID - 3988 <insert generic &/OR witty tagline here> |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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Kueller has it right that there are "circles" of infinity. There are two basic types of infinity: countable and incountable. Countable infinity is like counting the set of all positive integers: 1, 2, 3, and so on.. you'll keep going, but eventually you reach infinity, which by definition is unreachable, but it's still countable.  Uncountable infinity is something like counting the number books that its possible to make, from a single character on a single page to an infinite number of combinations of characters on an infinite number of pages. That's an example of an infinite quantity, but there is an extra degree on it, making it uncountable. There are an infinite number of dimensions of uncountable infinities, and that number is countably infinite. To clear up misconceptions in this thread infinity - infinity is not 0.. it is an indeterminate quantity. _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student 
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gugulplex is the biggest named number _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Katan - Student 
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Actually, depends on how you look at it. Bazillion could be a real number, depending on... Lets say that the highest known number (This is just an example, I know its not the highest ) a quatillion (yes, its a real number) well, since numbers go on forever, at some point, you WOULD have to name some number Bazillion, as you would run out of known character combinations at some point, thats to say, even making up letters that dont excist in any (known) language, at some point, you would run out, and would come to use a Bazillion.On the other hand (teehee) You could also just use quatillion+a, quatillion+AA, quatillion+AAA, and so on and so forth, in order to make new numbers, and of course, you could make quatillion+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA as representing some number, and just keep on adding A's, or B's or whatever. Depends on how ya wanna look at it  _______________ This comment was edited by Katan on Feb 22 2004 11:30pm. |
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Battlin' Billy - Student 
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I think that in the computer field, they're gonna need bigger numbers someday. Maybe they'll use terms like gazillion, bajillion, etc. _______________ Midbie Council Member #2 - Profile ID 2073 | Member of B@rtM@ulS@ar | Owner of Monty's 2000th comment & D@RtHM@UL's 8100th comment | Former Padawan of SilkMonkey & Arcuss JA Goaltender & NHL Fan | Fellow Rush fan to Axion|Plo Koon is my oldest JA friend Post your RL pics HERE! | Post you JK2/JK3 screenies HERE! |
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Smilykrazy - Retired 
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interesting thoughts here! Coolies _______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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Mookie - Ex-Student 
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To add to that, the terminology described by Lianiotte isn't used to describe specific numerals. They're 'slang' used to be descriptive, but no one exactly knows how much you mean when you say, for example, bazillion. Because people don't use a shared meaning for the word (other than the fact that it means 'something so high my IQ couldn't keep up', it will never be popularized in such a way that it will become an actual "prime". Unless, of course, tomorrow morning some guy decides that it actually means something. I doubt it, though. When scientists work with high numerals, they tend to bring them down to simple equations (43^7823). ~Ken |
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Bandit - Student 
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To be pedantic (tis my nature), I should point out that none of those fictitious names could possibly be real. Why? Because names are artificial constructs created within the confines of a language used to label things/ideas/concepts. While the words could potentially become used to describe the innumerable amount of variables contained within the infinite amount of numerical possibilities, it only becomes a word as associated with that concept after it comes into use through general acceptance. Since no group generally accepts any of those words as proper labels for any of the numerical concepts, or for any construct in general, then it stands to reason that those "words" are not words after all no matter how many (infinite) numerical constructs exist. _______________ Part-Time Player (Weekend Warrior). Recipient of the prestigious "Longest-Post-Ever Award" (bestowed on me by Flash on March 23rd, 2004) |
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Casual - Student 
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Centillion: 1 and 600 zeros. /me dances around in joy. Wha? -Cas _______________ Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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Googleplex or Gugleplex-everlasting _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Acey Spadey - Student 
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quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000 _______________ .Lag Bro to Xanatos. Adopted Twin to Bubu. Big-Brother to SmilyKrazy ---- JATSRAD Guru, JASE Member, JA SP Mod Staff ---- The Order of the Stick -- Big thanks to Mango for my avatar -- Quote: Sometimes you've got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.
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Mreoton - Student |
O_o |
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Rosie - Student 
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Ah lol...somebody was bored |
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Frosty - Ex-Student 
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infinity+1=infinity infinity+1-infinity = infinity-infinity so.... 1=0!!! hehe of course I'm messing up. this sum is incorrect _______________ I'm leaving, on a jet plane~ |
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Lian Del Rey - Student 
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Ahh you're forgetting the point. For all you know, gabazillion and etc. could be real words/numbers. mæææh _______________ slorp |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student 
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if you say you can't do calcs with infinite then try to solve what I told ya w/o calcs with infinite _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Kueller - Student 
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Just think of the numbers in our system. All Real numbers are infinite, but if you add fractions to that it will be far greater, and if you add things like square roots it will become even bigger. Think of it as overlapping circels, only infinitely large _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills
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CuZzA - Student 
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n1 trad _______________ - Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world |
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Trad Redav - Student 
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you can't truly do calculations with infinite... infinity is not a number. it'd be like saying A - Yellow = B infinity is a word that describes the property of never ending/ going on forever/ etc.... kinda like the energizer batteries :p _______________ Well then. Just so you know, just because I don't post often doesn't mean I don't lurk this place multiple times every day... |
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Xavier - Student 
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ack! _______________ ~Xavier |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student 
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Cas if you can solve the following without doing calculations with infinite then you're the 2nd Einstein: (btw let's say "&" means "infinite" cuz I don't have that specific symbol in my keyboard) lim(x -> -& (x+4)/(sqrt(x^2+2)+x)If you can do that without doing calculations with infinite (and solving it correct) then YOU GET THE LAST OF THE c00keh DYNASTY  Not just Cas; whoever can do that w/o using calcs that involve infinite calcs, then he/she gets the last c00keh.MAAAATH! RUUUUN TO SAVE YOUR LIVES!!! BTW: the answer is -& and here's the way to solve it lim(x -> -& (x+4)/(sqrt(x^2+2)+x)=lim(x -> -& [(x+4)*(sqrt(x^2+2)-x)]/[(sqrt(x^2+2)+x)*(sqrt(x^2+2)-x)]***** 1)x+4=-& 2)sqrt(x^2+2) = +& 3) -x = -(-& = +& 4)(sqrt(x^2+2)-x)*(sqrt(x^2+2)+x) = sqrt(x^2+2)^2 - x^2 = x^2+2 - x^2 = 2***** so =(-& *(+&/2=(-& *(+&=-& Have fun _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. This comment was edited by _cmad_ on Feb 15 2004 04:35pm. |
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Casual - Student 
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cmad, friend, what are you on? I never heard of anyone really calculating these things. Infinity, infinite, infinitum. Webster says: Infinity: 1)The quality or condition of being infinite. 2)Unbounded space, time, or quantity. 3)An indefinitely large number or amount. See no.3. But on the other hand, I am no good at proving mathematical logics true or false. And when talking about infinity, or infinital entities, I doubt there can even be one correct answer? Ok, I'll get me coat. -Cas _______________ Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. |
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Darkwood - Student 
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AAAAAAAA, MATH! RUN! _______________ -Darkwood- |
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