#17990: Matrix with Infinity
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       Reporter:  virmaux            |        Owner:
           Type:  defect             |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major              |    Milestone:  sage-6.6
      Component:  calculus           |   Resolution:
       Keywords:  InfinityRing,      |    Merged in:
  matrix, days64                     |    Reviewers:
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         Branch:                     |  36263134d2c65c97ef3e57e8f0efa2e8ba0b52b9
  u/virmaux/matrix_with_infinity     |     Stopgaps:
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Comment (by mmezzarobba):

 Replying to [comment:11 tscrim]:
 > > So then I guess you need something like an "Alexandroff extension
 functor" that you could apply to a Parent to adjoin it an element at
 infinity, don't you?
 >
 > If that means given an ordered set `S`, we can add an element `oo` such
 that `x < oo` for all in `S`, then yes.

 Well, the reference to Alexandroff extensions is not appropriate then, but
 the idea would be the same.

 In any case, let me ask again: is the following really what you want?
 {{{
 sage: matrix([[Infinity], [1]])
 [               +Infinity]
 [A positive finite number]
 }}}

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