Why Did Ron Paul Say Gold Could Go To Infinity?

[Ronin Truth]

IDK, man...pi and the Golden Ratio are everywhere...

http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-The-Integers-Breakthroughs-ebook/dp/B008164Q5A

"God created the integers, all the rest is the work of man." -- Leopold Kronecker

 

[axiomata]

http://m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=limit+of+f(x)=+1/x+as+x+approaches+0&x=0&y=0

 

[heavenlyboy34]

http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-The-Integers-Breakthroughs-ebook/dp/B008164Q5A

"God created the integers, all the rest is the work of man." -- Leopold Kronecker

Looks like a neat book. The reviewers are upset that this edition doesn't have an index, though. I would want a later edition if I ever get this.

 

[Dr.3D]

Division by zero should be defined as infinity.

Just take one of the old mechanical calculators that does division by subtracting the denominator from the numerator and counting how many times it can do that before the numerator becomes less than zero. If you start it up and it keeps subtracting zero from the numerator, it will keep going until you either unplug it, turn it off or the machine wears out.

 

[Ronin Truth]

So FRNs worth .00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 will buy a whole lot more gold than FRNs worth 0?
Hmmm? I think I slipped a cog somewhere. So approaching 0 is infinitely preferable to 0? No, that's not it. Dang!

Who was it that advocated killing all of the mathematicians?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

He appears to have a very strong preference for integers.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Division by zero should be defined as infinity.

Just take one of the old mechanical calculators that does division by subtracting the denominator from the numerator and counting how many times it can do that before the numerator becomes less than zero. If you start it up and it keeps subtracting zero from the numerator, it will keep going until you either unplug it, turn it off or the machine wears out.

As you know, almost all machines get boggled by other dimensions.

 

[osan]

Division by zero should be defined as infinity.

A tempting notion, but sadly, no. To wit:

1. Infinity is not a real number, and even if it were, it wouldn't be the answer to dividing something by zero. There is no number that you can multiply by 0 to get a non-zero number. There is NO solution, so any non-zeronumber divided by 0 is undefined.

This is different from taking the limit of 1/x as x --> infinity, written as

Even though I quasi-sucked as a math major, I do hold a fair understanding of some of the fundamentals.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

So FRNs worth .00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 will buy a whole lot more gold than FRNs worth 0?
Hmmm? I think I slipped a cog somewhere. So approaching 0 is infinitely preferable to 0? No, that's not it. Dang!

Who was it that advocated killing all of the mathematicians?

Only as long as price controls are maintained, Soviet style. The only way everyone can "win" a paper money-printing game is if at least one poor sap is forced to eat a major loss.

 

[Dr.3D]

A tempting notion, but sadly, no. To wit:



This is different from taking the limit of 1/x as x --> infinity, written as




Even though I quasi-sucked as a math major, I do hold a fair understanding of some of the fundamentals.

Now just explain that to my mechanical calculator while it continuously subtracts zero from the numerator and adds to it's count. It will keep doing that till I either reset it, pull the plug or the motor burns out. It thinks it's counting to infinity.