why yes, from my knowledge doesn’t a sphere no matter how much you try never end technically in math?
it has no sides so how would It end
But then yet again. what would we be using the Riemann sphere or Infinity in Gimkit?
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Oh, i just said that because i saw people saying 1/0 is not infinity(although it is true that it is also undefined) this had no correlation with what i said after that
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hm
simple but strong point
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but I’m not settling for a circle
it’s like saying infinity sign represents infinity
decontructing it into a different concept sounds more fun than that :P
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but short brain break before I go on ranting again
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thats litterally the same concept they just said. (we also pointed out that we most likely aren’t going to settle for a circle)
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Nope, not what i said
What i said:
If you make a number line, it would end at infinite distances at -infinity and +infinity, he was saying it would equal to these two points, i am saying that the answer is on another axis both perpendicular to the real number line and the imaginary number line, which is what you would know if you really read the page thoroughly
I did read it, it points out you can make infinity by doing 1/0, which is also what the Wikipedia page said, that’s what I was meaning by it’s literally the same concept (just the page explains it a bit more)
… what im saying is that its neither positive infinity nor negative infinity
sorry my brain is tripping itself over down a flight of stairs.
I see what you mean, my mistake.
Umm.. there are many
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huh,how curious
well then i’ll do some more research later
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Quick comment that there are different sized infinities–the infinity of real numbers isn’t the same as the infinity of the counting numbers.
1/0 is not, in fact, infinity. If you approach zero from different directions, the answer will be + or - infinity depending on which direction you approach it from.
Also check out the Hilbert Hotel though experiment it’s possibly my favorite one.
Extra Question
If you have a box, a drawer, and rubber balls labeled 1, 2, 3, etc, and place them into the box one by one, taking out a ball if its square appears and putting it in the drawer, how many balls will there be at the end?
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My guess is 0, if you are talking about infinitely towards the end
Yep, inifinities have different sizes(i also gave a link btw)
Yep, from the angle of derivatives on the real number line, it is undefined
But to explain what i said, picture this: (inhales)
A x y coordinate plane, one axis is real number(x) one is imaginary(y), but there is a sphere with radius 1 centered at the origin, look at the top of the sphere, if you connect a line between the top and any point on the coordinate plane, it would pass through another point on the surface of the sphere, we call this point of intersection point A. now picture the function y=f(x)=1/x , at a negative x close to x=0, it goes to the negative side of the axis, and vice versa, it is easy to see that when you go towards the two ends of the axis, A would get closer and closer to the top, and no matter it is -infinity or +infinity you are headed to, point A will inevitably collide with the top of the sphere, which is, just infinity, not -infinity nor positive infinity
By the way, i read stuff on hilbert hotel a pretty long time ago
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- The Riemann sphere seems very interesting
- I read that, but could you explain in more simple (aka dumber) terms on why the function collides with the top of the sphere?
- I have read Hilbert Hotel stuff like 200 times and still enjoy it ._.
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So heres a picture
You can imagine A(the point on the number line, in this case) moving forwards, along the number line, then α would move up along the surface of the sphere, and as A approaches infinity(whether positive or negative) α would always move closer and closer to the top
If you still cant understand, think of it this way: fold the two ends of the number line together, to form a loop, and compress the gap in between so it fits like a circle, what is formed is called a riemann sphere
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But then yet again arent we not setting on circles nor spheres and just how we have turned to a math forum how will we incorporate this into gimkit?
Good point… 
we cant
I just was talking bout math stuff because i saw people saying some wrong things
I experimented before i sent an earlier post
All the gkc “infinity” does: put a text in your number variable, if this has any purpose, we can just do it with stadard blocks
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what is the reason for making infinity sounds cool tho
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Well, Infinite possibilities (that was an accidental Pun and on purpose)
Infinite generation, etc etc with infinity god knows what we can do
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