Wednesday, February 20, 2013

IEEE western protocols define infinity as a specific value

Question:

Why western protocols define infinity as a specific value in IEEE floating point?

This question is an extension to:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…

Western Education system is confused with the use of Infinity in Mathematics.

IEEE Standard 754 Floating Point Numbers is precise with infinity.
http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding…

"Infinity
The values +infinity and -infinity are denoted with an exponent of all 1s and a fraction of all 0s. The sign bit distinguishes between negative infinity and positive infinity. Being able to denote infinity as a specific value is useful because it allows operations to continue past overflow situations. Operations with infinite values are well defined in IEEE floating point. "

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@Al Bart,
It is certain stupidity, when the reader cannot see the big picture of this question.

How does western math education respond, when western protocols define infinity as a specific value, where the system found a considerable reason for existence to do it?


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