Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: More complex numbers than reals? Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:08:18 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <87msmqrbaq.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <0dUETcjzkRZSIY0ZGKDH2IRJuYQ@jntp> <87v81epj5v.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <878qyap1tg.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <871q40olca.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87jzhsn4bn.fsf@bsb.me.uk> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:08:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b43c9dd34f25362f42493cf5322921d"; logging-data="2255642"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197eq4u2HsZSLydBBd9b/RV" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:eNMtabP9jzXNCr0qs8eCS5Jv6NY= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1805 Am 11.07.2024 um 03:06 schrieb Moebius: > Am 11.07.2024 um 02:51 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > >> What about dropping the word more in favor of density, or granularity >> of an infinite set? The reals are denser, or more granular than the >> rationals and naturals? > > Yeah, makes sense. On the other hand there are (indeed) "more" reals (in a certain sense) than naturals and/or rationals. :-) So this "more" allows for more "granularity". :-P