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Old 06-24-2003, 09:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Lebell

If we represent infinity as "N", and call your hotel N1, we can call my hotel N2, to signify the increased holding power.
While you can conceptualize a difference between N1 and N2, mathmatically there should be no effective difference. You are introducing a new dimension, not a new quantity.

To me, the best way to think of infinity is to plot x^(-1):
try it here:
http://people.hofstra.edu/staff/stev...Graf/Graf.html

Looking at the upper right quadrant, the line NEVER crosses the x-axis. So, Y is positive for x = [0 to +infinity} and y is negative for x= [0 to -infinity}...plug any number into it, and you'll see that this holds. Also, if you double that number, y is still of the same sign.

So, to me, infinity is perpetuity in a particular direciton (either positive or negative from a given starting point). And represents not just one, but all possible numbers in that direction.
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