Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris M. Thomasson" Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:35:16 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <45ad1007-b1a7-49d0-a650-048f02738226@att.net> <9ef8dd8a-69be-44e2-bcf6-ea9c1fb30e21@att.net> <2e01bd19df4cd4dadc417349d86040fa204b960b@i2pn2.org> <8dc63eab2b4b25152e9f9e91d985a47e3425f475@i2pn2.org> <556e85310cb8b53a9b63e6b1dec14e9b6defef6a@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:35:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cc6b7636b53f6c963dfc20ba85355b71"; logging-data="3679191"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/CJt4YW8swrf6Kiodi7iGYL3o4F3STqS8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ARNvDG0UwiIDKY9ay52e6LX6C7s= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2891 On 8/19/2024 1:55 PM, FromTheRafters wrote: > Chris M. Thomasson formulated the question : >> On 8/18/2024 2:15 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote: >>> On 08/18/2024 11:52 AM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >>>> On 8/18/2024 1:16 AM, joes wrote: >>>>> Am Sat, 17 Aug 2024 13:39:52 +0000 schrieb WM: >>>>>> Le 16/08/2024 à 20:11, joes a écrit : >>>>>>> Am Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:00:26 +0000 schrieb WM: >>>>>>>> Le 16/08/2024 à 18:50, joes a écrit : >>>>>>>>> Am Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:19:17 +0000 schrieb WM: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Taking steps only until the next unit fraction, you never reach 0. >>>>>>>> Start from x = 0. The increase cannot be more than 1. >>>>>>> No, you were counting down from 1. >>>>>> There we see that counting down to 0 requires dark numbers. >>>>> Counting down from infinity is not possible. Your "dark" numbers >>>>> are a nonstandard extension. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yup. Counting down from infinity is moronic. No wonder why WM assumes >>>> there is a place to start counting from, aka finite... >>> >>> Hey, it was Cantor's idea first, .... >>> >>> >> >> Do you even now how to make a Cantor Set Fractal? > > Isn't there enough division in here already? :D Good one! ;^D