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Jasen Betts  
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 More options Oct 8 2011, 2:45 am
Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.borland-delphi, alt.math, comp.arch, comp.graphics.algorithms, comp.lang.c
From: Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz>
Date: 8 Oct 2011 06:45:17 GMT
Local: Sat, Oct 8 2011 2:45 am
Subject: Re: Infinity + Infinity (or NegInfinity - NegInfinity)
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On 2011-10-08, William Elliot <ma...@rdrop.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Skybuck Flying wrote:

>> I was just wondering what happens if "Infinity" is added to "Infinity" when
>> it comes to floating point numbers ?

>> And also what happens if "Negative Infinity" is added to "Negative
>> Infinity"... ?

> The infinity of analysis, oo, is not defined by floating point numbers.

the real numbers and IEE 754 floating point are disjoint sets.

with a few exceptions (+Inf, -Inf, NaN) floating point can only
represent a finite subset of the rational numbers)

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