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There are plenty of examples of inifinities that are not problematic. Infinitely small wavelengths make our current understanding of physics break down, indeed. Or maybe infinitely divisible solids that lead to paradoxes like Banach-Tarski's. On the other hand, infinitely dimensional configuration spaces or continuous parameterization (e.g. coordinates, field strengths, phases) are trivial unoffensive parts of classical and quantum mechanics.


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