negative infinity

Beyond all minimums

Negative infinity is the concept of a value smaller than any finite number, extending endlessly in the negative direction.

In mathematics, it serves as a bound or limit: a function may approach negative infinity as its input grows.

Programming languages use it for comparisons or to represent undefined calculations.

The symbol is −∞.

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numerical magnitude

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Unlimited extent or quantity

maximum · upper bound

boundedness

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Numerical absence of quantity

finite number · finite · one · real number

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