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Skating on Infinity

2024

Two ice skaters on 'infinity': one on the lemniscate symbol ∞, the other on a limit that equals infinity.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-skating-on-infinity/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[No words] One skater stands on an ∞-shaped (lemniscate) track, looking puzzled. Another skater confidently stands on "lim (x→3⁺) 1/(x−3)", as if skating on infinity a different way.

Topics
Sets & Infinity › Infinity SymbolCalculus › Limits › Infinite LimitsCalculus › Limits › One-Sided LimitsGeometry › Curves › Lemniscate
Level
High SchoolCalculus
Themes
SportsPunsVisual Explanations