on infinities, sets and limits

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Is it mathematically correct to define the following:

  • $[0, \infty] \equiv \displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}{[0, n]}$
  • $[0, \infty) \equiv \displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}{[0, n)}$

More generally, I'm concerned with the "boundary" between the arbitrarily large and the notion of infinity. Is there some good philosophical treatment of this sort of conundrum?