To learn about the infinity symbol (∞), see wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_symbol and www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/221e/index.htm.
In HTML, there are many ways to specify ∞, including the following.
∞
∞
∞
∞
All three of the above are rendered as:
∞
In \(\LaTeX\) and \(\TeX\), the command…
\infty
…is rendered as:
\( \infty \)
And the sequence of commands…
\tiny \infty \Tiny \infty \scriptsize \infty \small \infty \normalsize \infty \large \infty \Large \infty \LARGE \infty \huge \infty \Huge \infty
…is rendered as:
\( \tiny \infty \Tiny \infty \scriptsize \infty \small \infty \normalsize \infty \large \infty \Large \infty \LARGE \infty \huge \infty \Huge \infty \)
To learn about these (La)TeX sizing commands, see wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Fonts#Built-in_sizes.
Since the ∞ character is not a US-ASCII character, it must be specified in a URL using Percent encoding, which is also known as URL encoding. For example, the URL of this page is:
https://www.ii.com/%E2%88%9E/
^^
NoteIn the address bar of most modern web browsers, this is displayed as:
https://www.ii.com/∞/
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In addition to the infinity symbol (∞) discussed in the previous section, there are emoji[2] that look like the infinity symbol, for example:
| CLDR Short Name | Emoji Style | Black & White Style |
|---|---|---|
infinity | ♾️ | ♾︎ |
link | 🔗️ | 🔗︎ |
pool 8 ball | 🎱️ | 🎱︎ |
To learn about the
variation selectors
︎
and
️
used in the above table,
see Infinite Ink’s Unicode Variation Selectors 15 and 16.
To learn about emoji, see www.unicode.org/emoji/techindex.html and Infinite Ink’s #emoji portal.
Infinity Day is August 8, which is also known as 8 August, 8-8, 8/8, and 8.8. If you’re into mathematics, Pi Day (3.14), Tau Day (6.28), and Infinity Day are good days to celebrate.🎊
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