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Re:Camels and humps: a retraction [pdf] by demallien on Sunday July 20, 2014 @12:05PM (#8060632)
X = infinity?
Re:Camels and humps: a retraction [pdf] by cbd1984 on Sunday July 20, 2014 @08:34PM (#8062051)
Depending on what you mean by "infinity", sure:

If you take it to mean "The cardinality of an infinite set", "X + 1" to mean "The set X with one more element added to it", and "X = Y" to mean "X and Y have the same cardinality", then "X = X + 1" is entirely true.

Mathematics, like programming, is ultimately founded on definitions.

Re:Camels and humps: a retraction [pdf] by tinco on Sunday July 20, 2014 @12:13PM (#8060684)
I don't think infinity equals infinity. Not in the general mathematical sense anyway.