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My son has come home with homework and it says............................. EXPLAIN INFINITY AND ETERNITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE can anybody help........regards louise

Answer 1

Eternity is existence for infinite time, an endless existence
Infinity denotes unbounded limits, it thus means limitless or without any limits.

Eternity is more associtaed with existence while infinity more with range or boundry/limit

Answer 2

Infinity and Eternity are almost the the same thing Infinity means that something goes on for ever never ends...eternity means until the end of time..

Answer 3

Infinity

The terms infinity and infinite have a variety of related meanings in mathematics. The adjective finite means “having an end,” so infinity may be used to refer to something having no end. In order to give a precise definition, the mathematical domain of discoursemust be specified.
Set theory provides a simple and basic example of an infinite collection—the class of natural numbers, or positive integers. A fundamental property of positive integers is that after each integer there follows a next one, so that there is no last integer. Now it is necessary in mathematics to treat the collection of all positive integers as an entity, and this entity is the simplest infinity, or infinite collection.
The term infinity appears in mathematics in a different sense in connection with limits of functions. For example, consider the function defined by y = 1/x. When x tends to 0, y approaches infinity, and the expression may be written as shown below.
Precisely, this means that for an arbitrary number a > 0, there exists a number b > 0 such that when 0 < x < b, then y > a, and when ?b < x < 0, then y < ?a. This example indicates that it is sometimes useful to distinguish +? and ??. The points +? and ?? are pictured at the two ends of the y axis, a line which has no ends in the proper sense of euclidean geometry.
In geometry of two or more dimensions, it is sometimes said that two parallel lines meet at infinity. This leads to the conception of just one point at infinity on each set of parallel lines and of a line at infinity on each set of parallel planes. With such agreements, parts of euclidean geometry can be discussed in the terms of projective geometry. For example, one may speak of the asymptotes of a hyperbola as being tangent to the hyperbola at infinity.

Eternity as a timeless existence

Augustine of Hippo wrote that time exists only within the created universe, so that God exists outside of time; for God there is no past or future, but only an eternal present. That position is accepted by many believers. And one need not believe in God in order to hold this concept of eternity: an atheist mathematician can maintain the philosophical tenet that numbers and the relationships among them exist outside of time, and so are in that sense eternal.

Answer 4

Infinity and eternity mean forever; ongoing. It means the same thing to young and old people, except younger people tend to believe they will live for an eternity/infinity.

Answer 5

infinity means endless it due more to maths and science problem. Eternity is more to life or living things. Eternity also means long life or mortalility.

I hope it helps.

Answer 6

infinity and eternity are two terms reflecting a never ending/never beginning span relative to any point of its given dimension.

infinity- numerical
eternity- time

ouch forgot to ask how old is your son you may have to simplify this

Answer 7

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Eternity is a measure of time - no beginning no end
Infinity is a measure of space - endless space can be demonstrated by placing mirrors apposing each other and looking into the repeating images.

Answer 8

Eternity is everything, all time.

Infinity is a measurment of time.

I hope this helps...

Answer 9

infinity is a non stop thing and eternity is to live for ever

Answer 10

infinity has to do with distance

eternity has to do with time

they both mean unending in regards to time/distance