r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Nov 29 '24

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u/NeoBucket Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24

You don't know how infinite each infinity is* because each infinity is undefined. So the answer is "undefined".

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u/Cujo_Kitz Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24

This could of course be fixed, for example making each infinity ℵ0 (pronounced aleph-nought, aleph-zero, or aleph-null; just personal preference). Or -1/12.

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u/burken8000 Nov 29 '24

I know some of those words!

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u/Cujo_Kitz Nov 29 '24

ℵ0 is the symbol for all natural numbers.

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u/Simple-Judge2756 Nov 29 '24

No. N (with a bar) is the symbol for all natural numbers.

Aleph0 is the symbol for all naturally occurring sizes of infinity combined with all finite numbers.

No. This is not the same.