2007-06-15 11:53:50 · 8 answers · asked by Juan Enrique 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The number of times you teach a 5 year old to ask the word "Why?"
2007-06-15 12:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity minus 1.
2007-06-15 12:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Ronin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have asked an interesting question.
Infinity is not a usual sort of number. When
we add or subtract a finite number (like 1) from
it or multiply or divide it by a finite number (like 2),
we get the value (infinity) back. So some would say
the answer is "infinity" and some might say the answer
is "infinity minus one". Both would be right.
There are also different kinds of infinity, but that is an
answer to another question.
2007-06-15 12:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by tfeagin2003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wrote a long answer about infinity in another question some time ago, so I'm going to link back to it. The main argument of my post was that infinity is not a number. Thus it wouldn't make sense to define any number as "the number before infinity". Here's my original answer:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao_SbyVdGXK8.WAq4XIAq44jzKIX?qid=20070526151509AAaPEm6
2007-06-15 12:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by TFV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity minus 0.9 repeater to infinity
2007-06-15 11:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't any single number before infinity. 1 is before inifinty, and so is 4,564,343. If infinity > all numbers, then all real numbers and all fake numbers are before infinite.
2007-06-15 12:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(infinity-1) = infinity again
2007-06-15 12:05:00 · answer #7 · answered by thinktank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt just 'one' number. numbers go on forever and ever and ever...thats why they call it infinity...never ending
2007-06-15 11:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by nascar4me8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋