Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: 2N=E Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 17:58:39 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3537899e-e951-4138-b56c-fc76340762b8@att.net> <8b31df46-1361-4dd1-aed3-1f42039af960@att.net> <84c1bb5d-67db-4d21-918a-f86cd1f815c5@att.net> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:58:40 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="85ad259133e88f3bc4f9165ff38408b8"; logging-data="1094152"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19SsOQSRAr+cNySev22pStJ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DvO0rT6Okzcmk0ggxI9mO+9/sv8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: de-DE Bytes: 2600 Am 04.11.2024 um 17:50 schrieb Moebius: > Am 04.11.2024 um 12:33 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > >> Infinite ways to represent 1: >> >> 1 = 4 - 2 - 1 >> 1 = 3*2 - 5 >> 1 = 1 + 1 - 1 >> 1 = ... >> >> ? > > Right. {4 - 2 - 1, 3*2 - 5, 2 - 1, 3 - 2, 4 - 3, ...} = {1} (though > FromTheAfter is too dumb to get that). This idiot is convinced that "in any case" |{x, y, z}| = 3. Actually, |{x, y, z}| = 3 iff x =/= y and x =/= z and y =/= z. In case of, say, x = y = z = 1 we have |{x, y, z}| = |{1}| = 1. All idiots are equal, but some are more equal than others.