ten duotrigintillion . . .

[Beach Runner]

Isn't that three?

1. infinity
2. and
3. beyond

You are right -- there's an infinite number of degrees of infinity, starting with aleph zero and aleph one.

Yet, according to the IEEE standards,
0 11111111 00000000000000000000000 = Infinity
1 11111111 00000000000000000000000 = -Infinity

So infinity on a digital computer is represented by a finite number of binary digits. How can that be?;-)

And then if you take the LARGEST integer that can be implemented (usually 2 to the 31st minus 1) and then you add 1, you get the SMALLEST integer (negative 2 to the 31st) due to 32-bit two's complement representation of integers. How can that be?

Then there's the ubiquitous "Not a Number":
0 11111111 00000100000000000000000 = NaN
1 11111111 00100010001001010101010 = NaN

;-);-)

 

[Mango]

You are right -- there's an infinite number of degrees of infinity, starting with aleph zero and aleph one.

Yet, according to the IEEE standards,
0 11111111 00000000000000000000000 = Infinity
1 11111111 00000000000000000000000 = -Infinity

But then it all comes down to aleph 0 and aright 0 = ombs

 

[Teresa]

But then it all comes down to aleph 0 and aright 0 = ombs

exactly. mangy always has a grip on any situation.

 

[NoHall]

But then it all comes down to aleph 0 and aright 0 = ombs

exactly. mangy always has a grip on any situation.

Is this new math?

 

[Matt J]

You guys are just speaking greek to me.

 

[Matt J]

Cartoons for math nerds:

http://shemesh.larc.nasa.gov/fm/fm-humor.html

 

[Kurt]

nerds

 

[CastlesOfSand]

goo goo gah gah! that's alot of number stuff! i just learned that gmail is short for googlemail!

love you!!