What does infinity actually look like?

The symbol for infinity is ∞, a horizontal 8. It was invented by John Wallis (1616–1703) who could have derived it from the Roman numeral M for 1000.
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Is ∞ a number?

Infinity is not a number. Instead, it's a kind of number. You need infinite numbers to talk about and compare amounts that are unending, but some unending amounts—some infinities—are literally bigger than others. Let's visit some of them and count past them.
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Does an actual infinity exist?

Is anything infinite in the physical world? Although the concept of infinity has a mathematical basis, we have yet to perform an experiment that yields an infinite result. Even in maths, the idea that something could have no limit is paradoxical.
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How many zeros are in infinity?

There are no zeros in infinity. There are no numbers in infinity because infinity is not a number. Infinity is an idea that represents something outside the bounds of our number system.
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Does infinity have a beginning?

Infinity Math Symbol

As the number line is endless, it is infinite, but as it also does not have a beginning.
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Who created infinity?

infinity, the concept of something that is unlimited, endless, without bound. The common symbol for infinity, ∞, was invented by the English mathematician John Wallis in 1655.
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What comes just before infinity?

Answer and Explanation: There is no number before infinity. It is possible to represent infinity minus one as a mathematical expression, but it does not actually equal anything or have any real mathematical value.
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What is bigger than infinity?

Infinity is endless and therefore cannot be reached. The expressions “beyond infinity” or “to infinity and beyond" simply represent limitless possibilities.
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Why is infinity an 8?

In the 17th century infinity symbol got its mathematical meaning. In 1655 it was first used by John Wallis but he never said that why he used 8 on its side as a symbol of infinity. In fact, this type of similar symbol was used by Romans to express large numbers. Like 1000 was written like this CIƆ which means “many”.
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Why is 9 infinity?

It had to be a number 9. It also means that everything either always goes back to its original value or if multiplied by infinity becomes infinity. 9 = ∞.
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Is infinity real or imaginary?

Infinity is unlimited and does not end. You would not be able to plot infinity on a number line so, therefore, it is not real. Another example of an imaginary number is the square root of -1.
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Can humans understand infinity?

For many of us, it's easy to understand the concept of infinity, but we can't comprehend how “big” or “never-ending” it is, because our perception of time always has a beginning and an end — minutes, days, years, lifespans.
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Can two infinite beings exist?

Briefly, two infinite beings can not coexist because the infinity of one would be a limitation of the other. Aquinas, from what I remember, perhaps from commentaries, also argues in this vein that only in an infinite being could essence and existence be the same.
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Is ω the biggest number?

INFINITY IS THE BIGGEST NUMBER FOLLOWED BY OMEGA (even though they are not real numbers) thats the answer to your question.
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What is above a trillion?

After a billion, of course, is trillion. Then comes quadrillion, quintrillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, and decillion.
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What is the last number on earth?

Googol. It is a large number, unimaginably large. It is easy to write in exponential format: 10100, an extremely compact method, to easily represent the largest numbers (and also the smallest numbers).
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Is א0 bigger than infinity?

These sets both have the same size, or 'cardinality'—namely, ℵ0, our familiar 'infinity'.
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Is it 0 0 or infinity?

Similarly, expressions like 0/0 are undefined. But the limit of some expressions may take such forms when the variable takes a certain value and these are called indeterminate. Thus 1/0 is not infinity and 0/0 is not indeterminate, since division by zero is not defined.
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Is infinity times 0 still 0?

Any number times any number is a number, so let's just call any number 1. Any number times 0 equals 0 and any number times infinity equals infinity. In this way, they are similar to the square root of -1. As long as there are an even number, you get a real number.
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What beats infinity?

With this definition, there is nothing (meaning: no real numbers) larger than infinity.
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What infinity is smallest?

The smallest version of infinity is aleph 0 (or aleph zero) which is equal to the sum of all the integers. Aleph 1 is 2 to the power of aleph 0. There is no mathematical concept of the largest infinite number.
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Is 0.0 a infinity?

Answer: Infinity to the power of zero is equal to one.

Let's understand the solution in detail. Explanation: ∞0 is an indeterminate form, that is, the value can't be determined exactly.
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What is the highest named number?

The longest number with a name is the Googleplexian. A Googolplexian is a number with 10100 zeroes. Whilst larger numbers can be imagined, the Googolplexian is the largest number that could be found in the dictionary.
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Is infinity or 1 bigger?

In the Ordinals or in the Cardinals (used extensively in set theory), infinity isn't just a number, it is an entire range of numbers. And yes, in all of these systems, infinity is greater than one.
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What is the highest number ever?

A "googol" is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes. The biggest number with a name is a "googolplex," which is the number 1 followed by a googol zeroes.
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