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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by yiyus on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:58AM (#25229172)
That's not right. 1 is different to half the sum of 0 and infinity. Another way to look at it is that infinity minus one is larger than one minus zero (which can be easily proven using the basic definitions used to define the surreals). Moreover, what is at the right side of {0|} is not infinity, but the empty set.
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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by Viliam1234 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:08PM (#25241729)
> Moreover, what is at the right side of {0|} is not infinity, but the empty set.

But { 0 | ω } = 1, right?

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by tromp on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:42AM (#25244071)
Correct. As is { 0 | n } for any n > 1.
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