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Comment author: [deleted] 30 November 2011 05:23:15PM 3 points [-]

For purposes of human consideration, I do not feel it necessary to differentiate between a truly infinite number and one that is "pseudo-infinite" (where by pseudo-infinite I mean 'beyond our comprehension').

That way lies the madness of pre-Weierstrass analysis.