in reply to In base 1, the number after 0 is:

∞ of course. :-)

My thought is this: In order to maintain balance in the universe, 0 must have an appropriate counter number, otherwise 0 would become a singularity! So ∞ has the appropriate characteristics, to counteract the infinite smallness of 0.

You could look at it like 0 with a twist. Maybe it's a ALIVE, pulsating between it's 0 and twisted ∞state. :-)

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Re^2: In base 1, the number after 0 is:
by chacham (Prior) on May 01, 2014 at 15:29 UTC
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      But which infinity?

      The biggest one of course! :-)

      Instead of Aleph-0, Aleph-∞

      I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
      Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh
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        The biggest one

        That'd be Aleph-Aleph or something.

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