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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Cantor Diagonal Proof
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:10:15 +0100
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On 09/04/2025 17:45, wij wrote:

<snip>

> Stick to the problem. Such puzzle won't prove the "0.999... problem".

You know what? You're right. 1/3 is irrational, 1 is infinite, 3 
is unnatural, and Achilles never did catch the tortoise. I don't 
know what I was thinking, claiming that rationals are rational! 
Clearly the arithmetic I learned at school was deeply flawed, and 
I was naif to think it could be trusted. How happy I am, now that 
I have learned the truth from some faceless bloke on the 
Internet. Well done you, eh? 1/3 is irrational; who knew?

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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