Dealing "Infinity" damage to a boss with "Infinity" health doesn't kill it. I find this more amusing than I should.

For anyone out there that has played Madworld: NOBODY SAID THERE'D BE MATH!!!

No, the last thread was about how the game registers a certain number and above AS "infinity", but this is just about my amusement that, mathematically, -infinity is the opposite of +infinity, and they cancel eachother out, but in this game, +infinity, in defiance of all logic, is entirely unaffected by -infinity.

Teschio, this is kind of a heated debate in mathematic circles, as the whole "How do we treat 0?" question has been a thing for ages. Depending on who you ask, 0/0 is 0, 1, or infinity. Particularly in my own classes, every professor I've had approaches "0/0" differently.

I really didn't want this to become too serious. Just a silly "Math, ammirite?" post. Seriously, the topic is a bit too large to cover here. In one class, my professor gave plenty of examples where we were to assume that infinity - infinity was 0 "for the sake of argument", while in another class, that professor openly stated he would avoid using indeterminate forms "Because they are indeterminate for a reason. Math follows certain rules which these forms are not restricted by, and teaching them is more confusing than educational. I will only mention 0/0 due to how commonly it comes up. In my class, assume it equals 0, but know that I am only setting this rule to avoid a bigger debate."

Simply, in math, anything involving "0" or "infinity" tends to spark debate since one is a mathematical void, and the other is a concept with a hypothetical "value" at best, which blurs things far too much. I've yet to find an answer on this topic that ALL mathematicians agree on as solidly as 2 + 2 = 4.

I am sure there's some interpretation or model under which 2+2=4 is no longer correct.