I mean, how many everythings can there be?
2007-04-22 03:04:41 · 15 answers · asked by Buzzard 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Ah, Lahmaokie! Very interesting, do tell me more!
2007-04-27 10:13:58 · update #1
The idea in math & science is called Unity. It has only demensions measured by one. no matter how large or how small. Check out the unit circle in Trig. It makes concepts easier to understand without the confusion of demensions or huge numbers.
2007-04-27 09:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by lahomaokie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The highest number is 0
2007-04-22 03:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In most areas of mathematics we follow Archimedes' axiom [an axiom is something that is believed to be self evident, so obvious but it cannot actually be proven, as it forms the framework of rules we work with] which states that there is no largest number. For any finite number N you pick, I will just say N+1 which is bigger.
A corollary of this is that there is no number closest to zero.
2007-04-22 07:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by tom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is more of an existentalist question than a mathematical one. If the whole of reality is One, then everything in reality is simply a fraction of the whole, therefore One is the largest number possible. No matter how many infinite varieties and variables you have within Reality, they are all simply infinite fractions of One. Is that what you meant?
2007-04-23 13:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lord Bearclaw of Gryphon Woods 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally subscribe to the point of view that there is no highest number, that the number line goes on forever because you can always add one to any number.
2007-04-22 04:32:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One is not the highest number. The Hindu-Arabic system is infinite, as long as you can carry on.
2007-04-22 16:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by Mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. a zero is the highest number, and lowest also.
2007-04-22 03:08:59 · answer #7 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i suppose infinity is the highest number, and no one knows what infinity is, so i think there is no such this as the highest number
2007-04-28 09:59:05 · answer #8 · answered by oompa loompa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can 0 be bigger than 1? and why is 1 (supposedly) bigger than ,say, 2? My head hurts!
2007-04-22 08:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by COLIN M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But you don`t say 1 everything you say everything your logic is randumb
2007-04-22 03:08:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋