[lightarrow]

yet there is another absolute of mathematics that that breaks. 0 times anything should be 0, so why wouldn't 0 times infinity be 0?

*calling all mathematicians*

Because what you say is true only if "something" = number.

[Don_1]

Ah! Infinity, I could go on about it forever....

There is no 'value' for infinity.

Quite so, if you try to put a value to infinity, you are giving it borders, you make it finite, don't you?

Infinity cannot be explained by figures and cannot be conceived by man.

[yor_on]

Well, it has been conceived by man:)
Or at least, found out:

[lyner]

This may sound like a put-down but there is no way you can get a handle on 'infinity' if you aren't prepared to go through all the formal steps of Mathematical Analysis. It's hard and it's rigorous and it doesn't involve a single poetic superlative. Whatever fancy words you use to describe infinity, there is no way to relate it to the infinity of Mathematicians. I'm afraid that many of the contributors to this particular thread are way out of their depth. I include myself in that. Don't expect to get anywhere unless you are prepared to take advice and go through it from scratch.

[yor_on]

SC, you can't mean that?
'and in wells of her eyes, infinity unfulfilled'
I once saw a little book. 'Mathematics for poets (and dreamers)' (?)
A very nice one, I almost understood it.

[lyner]

I wouldn't trust the Author to predict the outcome of a bit of Engineering if that was their only claim to fame.

As with many words, "infinity" has two separate meanings. They apply differently to different cases.

You can't make a mobile phone work with poetry, can you?
We need both left and right brain activity.