Why doesn't this proof work? (Zero times infinity equals zero)

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Say we are trying to prove $$ 0\cdot n = 0 $$ By mathematical induction, we start with a base case of n = 1 $$ 0\cdot 1 = 0 $$ So now we assume our original formula is true, and try to prove a case for $n+1$. $$ 0\cdot (n+1) = 0\cdot n + 0\cdot 1 = 0 $$ Why can't we take the limit as n approaches infinity?

This would tell us that infinity times zero is equal to zero.

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Mathematical induction in the way you used it allows you to prove that a statement is true for all natural numbers (positive integers). Infinity is not a natural number, so your proof doesn't apply to infinity.

What you've shown is that for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$, $$0 \cdot n = 0$$