IEEE 754 says Not a Number
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Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Alright smartgauss let’s see you do the same for all real numbers
uis@lemm.ee 1 month ago
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 month ago
0, because for every positive real number there’s a negative counterpart
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It is not well defined. Because an order of summation is not given you could just as easily sum pairs of (0,1), (-1,2), (-2,3), (-3,4)… (-x, x+1) and conclude you are constantly adding 1 to your total so it goes to infinity instead
Or do the reverse of (-1,0), (-2,1), … (-x-1, x) and get that the each pair adds -1 so the sum goes to negative Infinity
Order of the addition sometimes changes infinite sums. Infinitely large things are weird sometimes
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 months ago
Infinity, and beyond!