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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 13:07:40 -0800
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On 11/15/2024 4:27 PM, Moebius wrote:
> Am 15.11.2024 um 22:58 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
> 
>> Ugg, an infinite set is never exhausted. Taking a gallon of water out 
>> of an infinite pool of water means you are holding a gallon water, but 
>> the infinite pool is still infinite. The same. Taking an infinite 
>> amount of water means the pool is still full of water.
> 
> I already told you that this is not necessarily the case.

That would sort of imply that (infinity - infinity) can equal zero? I 
thought that: (infinity - infinity) = infinity?


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