Discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics. Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious, and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions.

The smallest infinity owes its name to this fact. The cardinality of the natural numbers is called “countably infinite” and is represented by ℵ 0 (spoken as “aleph zero”). So instead of ...

then one is equal to zero. Here’s an even simpler one. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 . . . = M It’s pretty obvious that M is infinity, right? Well, what if we change it around a little? What if we look at ...

br />In Indian mysticism, the concept of infinity and zero are very closely linked. In the Isavasya Upanishad, there’s a line: “Poornasya poornam aadaya poornameva visish-yate†.

Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious, and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions. Discover the surprising story of how these key concepts that revolutionized ...