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Two Opinions on the Infinity

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Author:Kalinowski, Strzelecki; Warsaw University
Description: Two opinions about the usefulness of very large numbers, from a physicist and a mathematician: "...from a practical point of view, the number 10^{100} is the infinity. Whoever thinks of it in this way has, in fact, good intuition." From Kalinowski, a physicist. Compare the mathematical viewpoint of Strzelecki: "Even without such complex means of description as very large time periods, ultrahard rocks or all the atoms of the universe, we can encounter numbers much greater than 10^{100} in quite ordinary situations."
Levels: High School (9-12)
Languages: English
Resource Types: Articles
Math Topics: Infinity

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