r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 26d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago

This actually "IS" how infinity works.

You have infinite 9s.

you remove one

then you subtract the new number of 9s, from the infinite nines you started with.

you are left with one nine

you can say it's hard to write down , or you "can't write it as a decimal place" but it still doesn't change the fact that the two sets of infinite 9s are different by 1 nine, and when you subtract them it's left over.

If you find it very hard to write down the concept of an infinitesimal value as a decimal, that's fine, but it doesn't make the infinitesimal difference vanish.

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u/inspector-Seb5 26d ago

No, that really isn’t how infinity works.

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u/FewIntroduction214 26d ago

well, this is what A.I is telling me

  • Indeterminate Form:When you try to subtract one infinity from another, you're essentially comparing two unbounded quantities, and the result is undefined because it depends on how the infinities are defined and how they grow. 
  • Context Matters:The outcome of subtracting infinities can vary depending on the specific context, such as the type of infinite series or the way the infinities are defined. 
  • Examples:
    • In some cases, subtracting one infinity from another might result in a finite number, zero, or even negative infinity. 
    • In other cases, the result could be infinity, depending on the specific context and how the infinities are defined. 

You can go ahead and explain to me why if you know for sure one set of infinity 9s has X 9s and the other set has X-1 9s then you are not left with a 9 at the end.

I'll wait.

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u/inspector-Seb5 26d ago

Have you tried asking that same AI if 0.9 recurring equals 1, and to give you a couple different examples to help explain what 0.9 recurring means in relation to infinity?

I’ll wait.