Infinity question?

[ANONYMOUS]

if you can divide a distance by half, then that half by half then that half by half, you can theoretically do this an infinite amount of times. isn;t it strange that infinity is enclosed in a finite space?

 

[antons]

Check internet on "the Meaning of INFINITY"
Mathematecally 1/0= Infinity
Physically it deepens\soul/reincanation( where there are no facts only beliefs)
where are you heading anyway?

 

[MichelVerheughe]

As Antons says, one has to differentiate between the abstract mathematical definition of infinity and physics.

Can you say that the number zero has a physical existence?

Your reasoning was already the point Planck made about light being a wave carrying energy. There is an infinite number of wave lengths and therefore, the electro-magnetic energy of say, a star, would empty itself instantly if light was a wave. Hence the idea of the quantum physic: Light is small cells of energy with higher energy at higher frequency. Today, we reckon that light can be considered both as a wave and as photons of given amount of energy.

 

[lithiumdeuteride]

You are not stating anything more profound than "a finite space contains an arbitrary number of entities of zero size".

 

[zoso_achilles]

isnt it strange that our universe is an infinite something expanding infinitly into nothing? if you believe in that sort of stuff.