From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxb!houxq!kenchan
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: .999... and infinity
Article-I.D.: houxq.263
Posted: Fri Jan 28 15:19:59 1983
Received: Mon Jan 31 19:28:52 1983

In J.H. Conway's number system (see J.H. Conway, "On Numbers  and
Games",  Academic Press), it is possible to add 1 to infinity (or
add 1 to the "end").  More  precisely,  if  omega  is  the  first
infinite  ordinal  (cardinal?),  then  omega+1 is a number and is
well defined. It is "born" the day after omega was born.  May  be
we have been using the wrong number system all this time!

Ken Chan
American Bell, Lincroft
(houxq!kenchan)