User talk:Hkatirai

I made some changes to the infinity article because it seemed to leave the reader with an impression that infinity is a number -- which is not true -- except in some non-standard, non-Euclidean mathematical systems.

Yes, it's true that in common mathematical usage people make statements like "there are an infinite number of terms" and some people incorrectly believe such statements posit the existence of a number "beyond which there is not other number." But this is a fallacy: simply ask yourself, what is infinity + 1? So much for the number beyond all other numbers.

The true meaning of statements like "an infinite number of terms" is that the number of terms grows without limit. Hence, we should not leave the reader the impression that infinity is a number, much less calling it a "different kind of number" as the article originally stated.

To discuss in further detail, feel free to email me at hmk@mit.edu

March 2020
Hello, I'm JzG. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Guy (help!) 08:38, 8 March 2020 (UTC)