
probability - Given an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite ...
Jan 12, 2011 · Just get an infinite number of monkeys (or a slightly smaller number of computers) and opening a publishing business. Make a million bucks and retire. But this rings false, especially since …
I have learned that 1/0 is infinity, why isn't it minus infinity?
An infinite number? Kind of, because I can keep going around infinitely. However, I never actually give away that sweet. This is why people say that 1 / 0 "tends to" infinity - we can't really use infinity as a …
Is there a shape with infinite area but finite perimeter?
Dec 1, 2014 · But the circumference also defines the subset with infinite area that lays "outside" (which is a conventional concept). That other "outside shape" would be an example of a finite-perimeter …
Raising a matrix to the infinite power
Apr 13, 2022 · Infinite powers of matrices using the concept of generalized inverses. An introduction to interval matrices and a brief idea of why studying infinite powers for such matrices can help capture …
Infinite Series $\\sum 1/(n(n+1))$ - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Write out a few terms of the series. You should see a pattern! But first consider the finite series: $$\sum\limits_ {n=1}^ {m}\left (\frac {1} {n}-\frac {1} {n+1 ...
How was Zeno's paradox solved using the limits of infinite series?
You could just as easily argue that the sum of the distance is infinite so the distance will be infinitely far away. Both statements are paradoxes. But the concept of the limit of an infinite series being finite …
how to prove uncountable infinite pigeonhole principle?
Nov 15, 2024 · 1 Can it be proven using the pigeonhole principle that if set A is an uncountable family of finite sets, it contains an uncountable subfamily all of whose elements have cardinality n? The idea is …
real analysis - Why set of natural numbers is infinite, while each ...
In his book Analysis Vol. 1, author Terence Tao argues that while each natural number is finite, the set of natural numbers is infinite (though has not defined what infinite means yet). Using Peano...
abstract algebra - Examples of infinite groups such that all their ...
Nov 28, 2018 · I am in need of examples of infinite groups such that all their respective elements are of finite order.
Noetherian ring with infinite Krull dimension (Nagata's example).
I am looking for an example of a commutative noetherian ring that has infinite Krull dimension. I read that there is a famous example due to Nagata, but I was unable to find it.