• racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    23 hours ago

    Nope, look it up, it’s undefined.

    You can define things that boil down to 0 x infinity that equal anything you like. It’s undefined and is dependent on context. Infinity isn’t this one number, it’s a concept that encompasses a lot of things, and the way you achieve an infinity matter.

    • thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      23 hours ago

      Isn’t it anything divided by 0 is undefined? Granted, I only have a more or less intermediate level of math, but I was always taught that multiplication by zero is always zero. But then again, zero is weird and can break my brain just as much as infinity does.

      • racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        22 hours ago

        Indeed, any number multiplied by 0 is zero, but infinity is not a number.

        So then it starts to depend on what the 0 actually means, and what the infinity actually means, and depending on the context 0 x infinity can be all kinds of things.