Infinity is the idea of something that goes on forever and has no end, such as numbers or space. In math, it’s used as a concept rather than a regular number.
It comes from Latin “infinitas,” meaning “boundlessness” or “endlessness,” from “infinitus” (infinite). The symbol ∞ was introduced in the 17th century, possibly inspired by a bent figure eight or a snake eating its tail.
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