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Infinity

Usage

• Infinity or is a symbol that represents a positive infinite quantity.


Notes

• can be entered as \[Infinity] or AliasIndicatorinfAliasIndicator.
• In StandardForm, Infinity is printed as .
• Infinity is converted to DirectedInfinity[1].
• Certain arithmetic operations work with Infinity.
• Example: 1/InfinityLongRightArrow .
• NumberQ[Infinity] yields False.
• See Section 1.1.3, Section 2.1.7, Section 3.1.8 and Section 3.2.9.
• See also: ComplexInfinity, Indeterminate.
• New in Version 1; modified in 3.
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