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Infinity is a concept, not an actual number.

Someone may say the number of stars is infinite, or that the number of fractions between 0 and 1 is infinite, or that the number of even numbers is infinite. But these are not things that can be subtracted.

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What is 1 minus infinity?

Any specific number minus infinity is -∞ Note if you try to subtract infinity from infinity, the answer is undefined - because infinity is a "cardinality" rather than a specific number.


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Value of log 0 is negative infinity (undefined). Because no power can give an answer of zero. it is in fact undefined but written as negative infinity for symbolizing. Otherwise undefined and infinity are two different things.


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Are undefined numbers real numbers?

By its very name .. it is UNDEFINED. Even in the Extended Real Number set containing +-infinity these elements are UNDEFINED.


Why is the denominator set to zero to graph a rational expression?

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