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Essay / Towards infinity! And beyond? - 721
"To infinity and beyond!" the famous quote from Buzz Lightyear. But there may be a problem with this famous saying. Is there really anything beyond infinity? Is this even possible? And when you were little and you were arguing with one of your friends, "I have infinite points!" “Well, I have infinity plus one points!” “I have infinite times two points!” But is it possible? What is infinity plus one? Or infinity times two? These questions are difficult to consider, but the definition of infinity, the history of infinity, and the types of infinity can help clear up some confusion. Infinity is quite easy to define. It's actually simpler than things ending, because you have to define where they end. As Rod Pierce says, “Infinity is the idea of something that has no end.” Nothing like this exists in our own world, so, as Pierce says, we think of it as "traveling over and over again, trying with all our might to get there, but it's not actually infinity." It gives you a headache when you think about it like that, so think in a more limitless or endless way. Even large numbers, such as googol (power 10 to power 100) and googolplex (power 10 to power 10) are finite. They are not even close to infinity. However, like finite numbers, infinity also does not grow, it is as big as it can get. This is a difficult statement to understand, mainly because, as stated previously, most people think of infinity as continuing forever. There is an advantage to these two statements, infinity does not grow and infinity is endless, we can answer the question of infinity plus one, which would still equal infinity, because if l 'infinity is endless and does not grow, so it would always be endless. if you add one. "If there is no reason, some... middle of paper ....... Web. March 19, 2014. Barrow, John D. "Does Infinity Exist?" Plus Magazine, July 2, 2012. Web . March 13, 2014. Bogomolny, Alexander. “What is Infinity?” Cut The Knot, March 19, 2014. Chu-Carol, Mark C. “Infinity is NOT a Number.” Web. March 19, 2014. Grime, James. “Infinity is Bigger Than You Think” Numberphile July 6, 2012 Web. “Is There Really Such a Thing as “Infinity”? ? Toronto Mathematics Network, 1997. Web, March 11, 2014. Pierce, Rod. “What is Infinity?” Math is Fun, February 3, 2014. Smith, B. Go. -y from here." Platonic Realms Minitexts, March 13, 2014. Web. March 19, 14. Wolchover, Natalie and Quanta Magazine. “Dispute over infinity divides mathematicians.” Scientific America, December 3, 2013. Web. March 11. 2014.