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Tag Archives: Seth Godin
Infinity can be a number
Someone I respect and read every day, Seth Goden, came out today with a howler: “infinity is not a number“. This is a very 19th century way of thinking. In fact if somebody says “There are no numbers that …”, … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Rants
Tagged Georg Cantor, infinity, nonstandard analysis, Seth Godin, surreal numbers, why not both?
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