r/PhilosophyofMath

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Does infinity exist in reality?

No thing that I've observed in our universe is infinite, however there are traces of infinity in my sight.
Draw a circle and either its radius or circumference lives in the π world.
Or many aspects in nature like flowers, develop themselves in a φ ratio (1+sqrt(5))/2.

Even though no event or anything is "Non-ending"/infinite, underneath many aspects of reality there are patterns which can only be fully described using infinity.

You can't describe irrational numbers to their extent without any notion of infinite/limits/sequences... And many aspects within our World show their true behaviour only with aid of infinity.

>!Sure you can take a world that lives in something like 10¹⁰⁰ and it looks like infinity to us, sometimes we only see the difference after the 10⁶ decimal place, nevertheless the pattern they follow is a pattern that only "infinity" can yield to the truest precision.!<

Do you believe the axiom of infinity, and the continuous to really exist? Even if not in the ordinary sense? haha

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u/Another_Little_Star — 9 days ago

For any natural number n, there exists an infinite number of natural numbers higher than n, and a finite number of natural numbers smaller than n. Therefore, n is always infinitely closer to 0 than infinity

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u/Extension_Panic1631 — 11 days ago

Can you answer this question?

the spiral trajectory labeled RiemannZeta lies perfectly on the NavierStokes surface and terminates exactly at the center of the YangMills sphere when the parameter (s = 11.3)

Because the (z)-coordinate modulation is shifted precisely by (-11.3) inside the sine wave, it eliminates the transcendental component right at the boundary. Is this value of 11.3 representing a specific critical boundary condition or flow singularity in the actual Navier-Stokes existence problem, or is it just a clever geometric constraint designed to make the curve perfectly anchor to the sphere's center?

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u/Anomicplayer — 10 days ago