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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: WM and end segments...
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:35:41 -0700
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On 7/25/2024 2:44 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
> Chris M. Thomasson expressed precisely :
>> On 7/24/2024 1:09 PM, WM wrote:
>>> Le 23/07/2024 à 22:17, Moebius a écrit :
>>>> Am 23.07.2024 um 21:57 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
>>>>> On 7/23/2024 9:49 AM, WM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> "LLLLLLLL....." is a finite expression,
>>>>
>>>> WM is right here.
>>>>
>>>>> "LLLLLLLL....." is an infinite expression, indeed....
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>> Hint: print(len("LLLLLLLL....."))
>>>>
>>>> But by convention (we think -except WM that is- that) 
>>>> "LLLLLLLL....." DENOTES (refers to) an infinite sequence of "L"s. :-P
>>>
>>> We all know that "LLLLLLLL....."  refers to an infinite sequence. But 
>>> there are only countably finite expressions. More is not available to 
>>> refer to infinite sequences.
>>
>> Do you know that the natural numbers are infinite, yet countable?
> 
> The set of natural numbers is countably infinite, no natural number is.

Yeah. Sometimes its fun to take a natural number and break it apart:

7 = 3 + 4
7 = 2 + 5
7 = 1 + 6
7 = 3 + 2^2
7 = 2 + (3*2-1)
7 = 5^2 - 18

lol. ;^)

ect... There are "infinite" ways to represent a natural?

-7 + 14 = 7

ect... ;^)

> 
> Oh, and thanks for using only three dots for your ellipsis.

..(3) = .333... = 1/3

;^)