Unboundedness: The state of lacking any boundary or limit.

Unboundedness is not at all the same property as ►infinity. For example, the set of all fractions between 0 and 1 is limited but infinite. Conversely, the surface of a sphere with finite dimensions is finite but does not have a boundary or limit.

Infinite and unbounded

Finite but unbounded

Finite and bounded


 

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