r/askmath • u/Loose-Balance3225 • May 06 '26
Discrete Math Can infinity contain infinity
If pi has no end it has to have every combination of numbers but could it hold an infinite combination? Like 1 2 3 4... To infinity
Please help this is missing my brain up
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u/mpaw976 May 06 '26
As stated, no, that's not guaranteed because there's a difference between having every finite string, and every infinite string.
As a simple example,
0.101101110111101111101...
Will contain every finite string of 1s, but it won't contain 111... repeating forever.
In fact, any given decimal number only "has room" to end in a single infinite string. E.g. it can't end in both all 0s and all 1s.
Isn't that neat?