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)