XPost: comp.theory, sci.math   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 05/01/2026 12:28, Richard Damon wrote:   
      
   > Perhaps because things like a "derivative" in mathematics is a limit,   
   > and thus goes to infinity.   
   >   
   > It seems you belong to a tribe of reasoning that doesn't like the   
   > infinite and thinks it needs to be excluded from common thinking.   
      
      
   A limit is expressed finitely, you can tell by how quickly you can read   
   it. Even "the infinite" is encoded in a computer file with a finite   
   number of characters.   
      
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