My sons were having an argument the other day. One son said that infinity is the end, there is nothing after infinity. Other son says yes there IS…negative infinity comes after infinity.
Which son is right?
Re: Infinity question
Firstly, Your boys are awesome to be debating such things!
The answer is within the word itself; infinite-> unmeasurable-> not quantifiable-> eternal.
Infinity is not classified as a number... more so as a statement. Ergo, infinity never ends; nothing can come after it.
Re: Infinity question
Technically your both sons are right. Negative infinity can be started from point of "infinity", But it does not go beyond infinity. It goes in opposite direction of infinity i.e from point of infinity to origin or zero and beyond.
Re: Infinity question
there is "an end" to everything. when you are end, then everything is finished for you and that is a respective end for you.
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My sons were having an argument the other day. One son said that infinity is the end, there is nothing after infinity. Other son says yes there IS…negative infinity comes after infinity.
Which son is right?
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Now that’s an impressive intellectual discussion among kids :k: - just make sure you tell them that infinite itself means unending (so there’s really no end).
I was going to say the same thing. For a more scientific explanation, check out single-point compactification of the real number system versus the two-point compactification principles.
I say LC you gave a great answer to great question.
There is no ‘end’ with word ‘infinite’.
In Latin it means “endlessness”.
It is unmeasurable term. It cannot be numbered. It is only a conceptual (figurative) term.
More simply, if you can number it or measure it then it is not infinite!
Negative or positive is mere conceptual also…meaning going the opposite way…endless one way and endless the other way.
One way <--------------------------------------------------------------> Other way