If that were the case man would have began creating numbers all those centries ago and someone would still be coming up with numbers and it would be a 24-7 deal.Does that make sense?
2006-06-05 14:24:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The number system is a rule. No one can write or invent all the numbers, someone invented the rule, and that is why there are never ending.
2006-06-05 15:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it would be impossible for the numbers system to be never ending, if we have a reason for more numbers we can always create them. This does not mean man has to keep counting, i don't think anyone has ever counted to a million yet we can mathematically deal with larger numbers if we need to. Does that make sense?
2006-06-05 21:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you need for a sequence to be infinite is a rule that tells you how to get from any term in the sequence to the next one. With the natural numbers, the rule is "add 1". Any time you have a candidate for the "last" number, you can always add one to get one more.
2006-06-05 21:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible for the numbers not to be never ending. If they had an end, somewhere would be the biggest number and you wouldn't be able to add 1 to it. I hope you can see that is ridiculous.
2006-06-05 21:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋