Infinite and Zero May Have Similar Applicability for Engineering Analysis

Zero “0” is widely used in calculations and has great acceptability, whereas infinite “∞” remains vague and is seldom used. But zero is questionable too, because an absolute zero cannot be attained for temperature, vacuum, and even resistance. The solution of general relativity for a black hole gives absolute zero of volume and infinite density. The number zero taught in primary school, implies an absolute zero, which is not encountered in physics. So an alternative system of numbers is proposed here, where something infinitely large, such as the universe is represented by alternative-number zero, and an infinitesimally small quantity (temperature) is represented by infinite. The coldest temperature attained till today would be 2.06 × 1010 units (1/T) in this alternate infinite-based numbering system. Human civilization has a “bias” towards assigning increasing numbers to increasing quantities. The alternative to the bias of human civilization is assigning increasing numbers to decreasing quantities. It is proposed here how infinite and zero may be two sides of the same coin, and may have the same usefulness in engineering calculations. The simple cases of discharging inductors and capacitors without resistances produce inexplicable changes in energy, and zeroes and infinite, which must be solved by incorporating resistances. Colliding bodies which attach and conserve momentum produce similar inexplicable changes in energy, involving zeroes and infinite.