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  2. Division by infinity - Wikipedia

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    The hyperbola = /.As approaches ∞, approaches 0.. In mathematics, division by infinity is division where the divisor (denominator) is ∞.In ordinary arithmetic, this does not have a well-defined meaning, since ∞ is a mathematical concept that does not correspond to a specific number, and moreover, there is no nonzero real number that, when added to itself an infinite number of times ...

  3. Division by zero - Wikipedia

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    Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator. Zero divided by zero is zero. In 830, Mahāvīra unsuccessfully tried to correct the mistake Brahmagupta made in his book Ganita Sara Samgraha: "A number remains unchanged when divided by zero ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In terms of partition, 20 / 5 means the size of each of 5 parts into which a set of size 20 is divided. For example, 20 apples divide into five groups of four apples, meaning that "twenty divided by five is equal to four". This is denoted as 20 / 5 = 4, or ⁠ 20 / 5 ⁠ = 4. [2] In the example, 20 is the dividend, 5 is the divisor, and 4 is ...

  6. Googol - Wikipedia

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    Kasner used it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity, and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics. To put in perspective the size of a googol, the mass of an electron, just under 10 −30 kg, can be compared to the mass of the visible universe, estimated at between 10 50 and 10 60 kg. [ 5 ]

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 15 ...

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    No, that's not an answer. Infinity can be a number in some contexts — see for example Riemann sphere, aka the "extended complex numbers". But even in the Riemann sphere, you can't divide infinity by infinity, though you can add it to anything except infinity, and multiply it by anything except zero. --Trovatore 20:12, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

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  9. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ - ⋯ - Wikipedia

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    which increases without bound as n goes to infinity. ... (2k−1) is the (2k − 1)th derivative of f and B 2k is the (2k)th Bernoulli number: ...