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Comment by kryptiskt

3 days ago

Math isn't concerned with what exists or not, circles doesn't exist in reality either. And infinity is useful, if we didn't have it we would need to reinvent it in a clumsier form, like "the limit if x goes to a very, very big number, bigger than anything you could name".

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