Por que, na matemática, o símbolo de infinito é um oito deitado?

Por O Boletim
9 de abril de 2021
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O símbolo que indica o número infinito foi proposto por John Wallis em 1655 em seu tratado Des Sectionibus Conicis. Nele, o autor declarou: “Isto pois denota o número infinito”. Seu formato, um oito deitado, é inspirado na antiga notação romana do 1000.

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