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  2. Infinity symbol - Wikipedia

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    The infinity symbol (∞) is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity. This symbol is also called a lemniscate , [ 1 ] after the lemniscate curves of a similar shape studied in algebraic geometry , [ 2 ] or "lazy eight", in the terminology of livestock branding .

  3. Infinity - Wikipedia

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    The infinity symbol (sometimes called the lemniscate) is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity. The symbol is encoded in Unicode at U+221E ∞ INFINITY (∞) [25] and in LaTeX as \infty. [26]

  4. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types, many symbols are needed for ...

  5. Lemniscate - Wikipedia

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    The lemniscate of Bernoulli and its two foci. In algebraic geometry, a lemniscate (/ l ɛ m ˈ n ɪ s k ɪ t / or / ˈ l ɛ m n ɪ s ˌ k eɪ t,-k ɪ t /) [1] is any of several figure-eight or ∞-shaped curves.

  6. Aleph number - Wikipedia

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    The aleph numbers differ from the infinity (∞) commonly found in algebra and calculus, in that the alephs measure the sizes of sets, while infinity is commonly defined either as an extreme limit of the real number line (applied to a function or sequence that "diverges to infinity" or "increases without bound"), or as an extreme point of the ...

  7. Absolute infinite - Wikipedia

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    The absolute infinite (symbol: Ω), in context often called "absolute", is an extension of the idea of infinity proposed by mathematician Georg Cantor.It can be thought of as a number that is bigger than any other conceivable or inconceivable quantity, either finite or transfinite.

  8. Infinitesimal - Wikipedia

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    The symbol, which denotes the reciprocal, or inverse, of ∞, is the symbolic representation of the mathematical concept of an infinitesimal. In his Treatise on the Conic Sections , Wallis also discusses the concept of a relationship between the symbolic representation of infinitesimal 1/∞ that he introduced and the concept of infinity for ...

  9. Limit (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    On one hand, the limit as n approaches infinity of a sequence {a n} is simply the limit at infinity of a function a(n) —defined on the natural numbers {n}. On the other hand, if X is the domain of a function f ( x ) and if the limit as n approaches infinity of f ( x n ) is L for every arbitrary sequence of points { x n } in X − x 0 which ...