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Re: infinity & set membership (fwd)

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NODE 1e7814a2Re: infinity & set membership (fwd) Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>Mon, 20 Jan 1997 08:27:55 -0800 (PST)

> What could be the problem here?  One problem might be that an integer
> (not including infinity) divided by "infinity" should be 0.

This ratio has one of 3 outcomes in my system depending on the rate of
approach to infinity of the defining functions,

oo/oo = 0  if the denominator grows faster than the numerator

oo/oo = oo if the numerator grows faster than the denominator

oo/oo = 1  if the two functions grow at equal rates


                                                       Jim Choate
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