Dealing with the Infinite

Calvin C. Clawson

Chapter Chapter 8 in The Mathematical Traveler, 1994, pp 135-159 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Any meaningful discussion of numbers must include something on infinity. We have already thrown around the term in exploring the natural number sequence without any attempt to define its meaning. To understand what the natural numbers are is to have a sense for infinity, for understanding numbers implies infinity—that they go on “forever.” Since mathematics begins with the study of numbers, we cannot appreciate either numbers or mathematics without tackling this strange and beautiful idea.

Keywords: Natural Number; Infinite Number; Number Line; North Pole; Fibonacci Sequence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6014-6_9

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