How infinity resolves into meaningful, lawful outcomes.
Modern mathematics treats infinite expressions like:
∞ − ∞
∞ / ∞
∞ ** negative
as indeterminate, meaning no structured answer exists.
SSM-Infinity replaces this ambiguity with three lawful classes, giving infinity a deterministic, symbolic structure that remains stable across all operations:
- Infinite-class
- Zero-class
- Finite-class
These classes are the foundation of every operator in the framework.
1. Infinite-Class
When magnitude remains unbounded.
This occurs when the symbolic infinity stays infinite after the operation:
Examples:
(+∞, a1) + (+∞, a2)
(+∞, a) * positive finite
(-∞, a) ** positive exponent
(+∞, a) / finite
Returns:
("infinite-class", <sign*∞, merged_align>)
Key idea:
Only the alignment lane changes — the magnitude remains infinite and directional.
2. Zero-Class
Perfect cancellation of directional infinities.
This happens when two opposing infinities neutralize each other, similar to:
+∞ + -∞
∞ − ∞
∞ ** negative exponent
∞ * 0
Outcome:
("zero-class", lane)
The lane encodes the posture of cancellation — a symbolic representation of how the two infinities balanced each other.
Zero-class is extremely important in:
- optimization
- opposing force models
- symmetry modeling
- stability analysis
It captures cancellation without losing structure.
3. Finite-Class
Ratio-like cancellation where infinities neutralize proportionally.
This class appears when infinities cancel in a structured way, leaving behind a relative rate rather than magnitude:
Examples:
∞ / ∞
∞ ** 0
(+∞, a1) / (+∞, a2)
Outcome:
("finite-class", lane)
The lane describes the symbolic remainder —
a “direction bias” of the infinite ratio.
Finite-class does not return numeric values.
It returns symbolic posture.
This is critically useful for:
- asymptotic analysis
- divergence comparison
- AI scaling limits
- renormalization structures
- infinite recursion loops
4. Why These Classes Matter
Traditional math collapses these scenarios into “undefined,” losing all structure.
SSM-Infinity instead provides:
- deterministic categories
- stable symbolic behavior
- purely bounded, reversible alignment lanes
- lawful outcomes for every expression
Every expression in the system reduces to:
infinite-class
zero-class
finite-class
undefined (only ∞ / 0)
Nothing else is possible — the framework is closed, clean, predictable, and mathematically safe.
5. Collapse Logic in Code
Here is the core classification pattern used throughout SSM-Infinity:
# Example pattern for operator results
if both_infinite and same_sign:
return ("infinite-class", merged_infinity)
if both_infinite and opposite_sign:
return ("zero-class", merged_lane)
if both_infinite and operator_is_ratio:
return ("finite-class", ratio_lane)
if dividing_infinity_by_zero:
return ("undefined", None)
A complete, closed algebraic system — with zero ambiguity.
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Shunyaya Symbolic Mathematical Infinity (SSM-Infinity) is a symbolic research framework — not numerical or predictive software.