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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn't the fact that it's a concept, it's because it doesn't behave like a number.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well said. Another example is (infinity)+1=(infinity)

If you subtract infinity from both sides you're left with 1=0. Which is impossible. Similar things happen with multiplication and division.