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minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAn infinitesimal is a non-zero number that is closer to zero than any real number. An infinitesimal is what would have to be between 0.999… and 1.
minus-squareGhoelian@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWait what I always thought infinitesimal was one of those fake words, like gazillion or something
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt sounds like it should be, but it’s actually a real (or, non-real, I suppose, in mathematical terms) thing! :)
An infinitesimal is a non-zero number that is closer to zero than any real number. An infinitesimal is what would have to be between 0.999… and 1.
Wait what
I always thought infinitesimal was one of those fake words, like gazillion or something
It sounds like it should be, but it’s actually a real (or, non-real, I suppose, in mathematical terms) thing! :)