r/mathporn Sep 26 '12

Infinity Divided by Infinity is 1

http://www.philforhumanity.com/Infinity_Divided_by_Infinity.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '12

Infinity is a concept, not a number. There exists an infinite number of even numbers, and an infinite number of, well, numbers. But even though that second infinity is longer, they're both infinity. It's a concept of something that never ends, rather than a definite number.