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[โ€“] superfes@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (11 children)
[โ€“] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Might be this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Infinite

Or this is about some people thinking infinity is just a really big number, with which you can do calculations like e.g. (these are non-sensical!):

  • โˆž - โˆž = 0
  • 2*โˆž > โˆž
[โ€“] StructuredPair@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I mean, the Casimir effect was initially derived as the result of two infinite values having a finite difference.

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