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company took up this symbol in its corporate logo to refer to the wide range of varied applications of the synthetic material they produced. Versions of this symbol have been used in other trademarks, corporate logos, and emblems including those of
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people since the early 19th century, is based around this symbol. Different theories have been put forward for the meaning of the symbol on this flag, including the hope for an infinite future for Métis culture and its mix of European and
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See in particular p. 203: "Reincarnation is symbolised in a number of cards within the Waite-Smith tarot deck. The primary symbols of reincarnation used are the infinity symbol or lemniscate, the wheel and the
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Bahun, Sanja (2012). "'These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here': Tidal voicing and the poetics of home in James Joyce's Ulysses". In Kim, Rina; Westall, Claire (eds.).
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and the infinite, as is the case in these books' descriptions of the shapes of bicycle tire tracks and of the outlines of half-remembered people. Nabokov's poem after which he entitled
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Perhaps in some cases because of typographic limitations, other symbols resembling the infinity sign have been used for the same meaning. One paper by
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Gaudry, Adam (Spring 2018). "Communing with the Dead: The "New Métis," Métis Identity Appropriation, and the Displacement of Living Métis Culture".
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explicitly refers to "the miracle of the lemniscate". Other authors whose works use this shape with its symbolic meaning of the infinite include
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The Unicode set of symbols also includes several variant forms of the infinity symbol that are less frequently available in fonts in the block
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Natalini, Roberto (2013). "David Foster Wallace and the mathematics of infinity". In Boswell, Marshall; Burn, Stephen J. (eds.).
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in the 17th century, although it has a longer history of other uses. In mathematics, it often refers to infinite processes (
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In areas other than mathematics, the infinity symbol may take on other related meanings. For instance, it has been used in
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Shipman, Barbara A. (April 2013). "Convergence and the Cauchy property of sequences in the setting of actual infinity".
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was typeset with an open letterform more closely resembling a reflected and sideways S than a lemniscate (something
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displays this symbol incorrectly, as a turned S without reflection. It can be seen as Euler used it on page 174 of
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towards infinity, rather than actually taking an infinite value, although other interpretations are possible.
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The lemniscate has been a common decorative motif since ancient times; for instance, it is commonly seen on
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Crist, Brian; Aurello, David N. (October 1990). "Development of camera symbols for consumers".
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is credited with introducing the infinity symbol with its mathematical meaning in 1655, in his
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Both the infinity symbol itself and several variations of the symbol are available in various
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In modern mysticism, the infinity symbol has become identified with a variation of the
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A History of Mathematical Notations, Volume II: Notations Mainly in Higher Mathematics
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the infinity sign is conventionally interpreted as meaning that the variable grows
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Side view of a camera lens, showing infinity symbol on the focal length indicator
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The well-known shape and meaning of the infinity symbol have made it a common
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See p. 172: "Within this type the lemniscate (∞) is a commonly used motif."
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Gabriel Dumont Institute(Métis Culture & Heritage Resource Centre)
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In mathematics, the infinity symbol is typically used to represent a
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traditions, but also evoking the geometric shapes of Métic dances,,
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Cross-Gendered Literary Voices: Appropriating, Resisting, Embracing
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Willmes, Claudia Gisela (January 2021). "Science that inspires".
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Infinity and the Mind: The science and philosophy of the infinite
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Crespy, Daniel; Bozonnet, Marianne; Meier, Martin (April 2008).
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A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable
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The mathematical work of John Wallis, D.D., F.R.S., (1616-1703)
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Humez, Alexander; Humez, Nicholas D.; Maguire, Joseph (1993).
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A Handbook for the Study of Book History in the United States
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has been used as a stand-in for the infinity symbol itself.
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The Making of a Name: The Inside Story of the Brands We Buy
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Pakin, Scott (May 5, 2021). "Table 294: stix Infinities".
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To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite
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De Sectionibus Conicis, Nova Methodo Expositis, Tractatus
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Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
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Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science
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The infinity symbol appears on several cards of the
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The infinity symbol may also be used to represent a
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Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide
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University of Chicago Press. p. 243. 1810: 1775: 1527:"Signs for infinity and transfinite numbers" 2582: 2557: 2463: 2131:Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture 2092: 1952:A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies 1898:Nabokov: The Mystery of Literary Structures 1673: 1517: 1515: 1513: 2722: 2708: 2245:Rivkin, Steve; Sutherland, Fraser (2005). 1755:(3rd ed.). Springer. pp. 56–57. 1735: 1577: 1455: 1414:Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance of Numbers 537:which is larger than all natural numbers. 2221: 2180: 2170: 2098: 1708: 173:, or "lazy eight", in the terminology of 18:Mathematical symbol representing infinity 2639: 2613: 2607: 2265: 2251:. Oxford University Press. p. 130. 2197: 2118: 1979:. University of Oklahoma Press. p.  1949: 1510: 1437: 1377: 1371: 739: 603: 563: 23:"∞" redirects here. For other uses, see 2322: 2271: 2068: 2062: 1943: 1887: 1679: 580:and will therefore be long-lasting. 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PERMANENT PAPER SIGN
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infinity
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algebraic geometry
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John Wallis
Portrait of John Wallis, painted in 1701 by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from the National Portrait Gallery
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omega
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