Embodiment of infinity in mathematics
Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Danyal Farsani, Zahra Eskandari · 2024
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Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Danyal Farsani, and Zahra Eskandari argue that the mind grasps infinity through an endless bodily routine, in a 2023 paper. Many math ideas take shape through movement and space, but infinity cannot be held in one gesture. Their account treats it as a process that never closes.
To embody plus infinity, a mover heads right, passes a set limit, then sets a fresh limit and passes that too. No limit is final. Minus infinity mirrors the walk leftward, and the very small works by a kindred shrinking routine. The authors call this iterative embodiment, since the loop repeats without end. Sight and motion systems carry the load in their telling. The view may shape how teachers stage the infinite for learners.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Danyal Farsani, Zahra Eskandari |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |