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minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoOh you totally can (as long as you’re working with implied limits, which you have to if infinity is in the mix), you just have to specify if it’s a positive or negative zero.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agopositive or negative nothing 💀 right
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoi mean, implicitly it’s just whether you’re approaching zero from positive or negative direction, since we’re working with limits. Like you can shave down a stick however much you want, you can never reach 0 stick by doing so.
Oh you totally can (as long as you’re working with implied limits, which you have to if infinity is in the mix), you just have to specify if it’s a positive or negative zero.
positive or negative nothing 💀 right
i mean, implicitly it’s just whether you’re approaching zero from positive or negative direction, since we’re working with limits.
Like you can shave down a stick however much you want, you can never reach 0 stick by doing so.