2006-10-02 02:16:25 · 16 answers · asked by stracciatella89 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
A very annoying concept when you're trying to get your head round it.
2006-10-02 05:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by bird brain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infinity is a concept. it is simply used to describe something which has no limit. the simplest way i can think to describe it is if you look at the graph of e ^x for x larger than 0. the graph will never cross the x-axis although it will continue to get closer and closer. you can put a value of x as large as you can imagine and the line will still not cross the x-axis. it will only ever meet the x-axis at infinity.
2006-10-02 11:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by kizerking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it a concept rather than a reality but I suspect that doesn't really help. I like to think of it as the ultimate large point in space time. Things can tend to infinity but never get there.
2006-10-02 02:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best explanation of Infinity is at the centre of a wheel, it's where the rotation changes from one direction to the opposite direction. You can never reach it. However, it must exist otherwise wheels would not rotate.
2006-10-02 08:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by George v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen one of those weird pictures (drawings or paintings?) where you look an you see a staircase going up only to be the bottom of something when it's 'gone up'? Infinity is like that!
2006-10-02 02:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of space and the end of the known universe - when you get there what happens afterwards? once the edge of space is reached what comes next = keep thinking outwardly and there must be an end - mustn't there?? if you just keep going where do you end up? back at the beginning? like being inside a ball - but then what is on the outside of the ball?? ooohh this is starting to hurt my head !!!!
2006-10-02 03:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Kev R at work need beer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that isn't finite (ie, fixed) a variable and/or unknowable figure.
eg. one third expressed as a decimal is 0.3333 recurring to infinity.
Infinity can also refer to the infinately small, eg that which occurred prior to Planck Time.
2006-10-02 02:27:02 · answer #7 · answered by Red P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An immeasurable mathematical entity.
2006-10-02 02:26:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any real number divided by zero. Could not be simpler !
2006-10-02 02:57:15 · answer #9 · answered by andyoptic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparently a black hole is so empty its is then reversed and becomes so solid...so a black hole is not a hole its solid...so the infinite is never ending but apparently so is a black hole..
Infinity...add infinitum
2006-10-02 02:20:37 · answer #10 · answered by cleo_alter_ego 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋