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Re: What is infinity?
« Reply #20 on: 10/12/2016 01:09:07 »
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Question 1. If you take the number 10, which is essentially a whole number, and divide it by 3 you get three equal figures of 3.3333 recurring. How is this the case in that a completely whole number becomes 3 infinite numbers? I.e. 3.333 recurring never reaches an end therefore cannot form a whole.
As explained above 3.333... is an infinite series whose sum is 10/3. What this means is that 10/3 is the number which the sum gets closer to as you add more digits.

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Question 2 and 3 are kind of similar. I cannot comrehend that space is infinite.
If space is actually infinite then join the club. :)  But it's also possible that space is finite.

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Everything has to have an end to it.
Not at all.

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Am i right in saying the universe is made up of galaxies eyc (i may be wrong!).
Yes.

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Assuming this what is outside of that universe, and if there is something, what is outside of that? An so on!
There is no outside of the universe.
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