Path: ...!news.mixmin.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: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:02:35 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <6cc86827-def3-4948-9e69-a3fea9e86c06@att.net> <6SLKsYqqtl1spoN6trAGFCEcAxc@jntp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:02:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="98c6004928f46df0abe90729ccf8af51"; logging-data="93465"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/v39axf2xu4nO94fGsUisen9Jkm+fLBDU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:uj82VMQwHngIj/9WF89dj86rysY= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2592 On 8/29/2024 9:05 AM, FromTheRafters wrote: > WM formulated the question : >> Le 28/08/2024 à 16:00, FromTheRafters a écrit : >>> WM presented the following explanation : >>>> Le 27/08/2024 à 22:07, "Chris M. Thomasson" a écrit : >>>>> On 8/27/2024 12:36 PM, WM wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Dark natural numbers are larger than any visible natural number >>>>>> but smaller than their bound omega. >>>>>> Dark unit fractions are smaller than any visible unit fractions >>>>>> but larger than their bound 0. >>>>> >>>>> Define visible? >>>> >>>> The simplest definition is this: A visible number can be expressed >>>> in decimals or binaries. >>> >>> Can be? Or is? Or has previously been? >> >> Is or has previously been. If not yet expressed in the system, it is >> dark in the system. But small dark numbers can become visisble. (They >> have been called grey numbers.) > > Oh no! Grey numbers? You're pulling my leg now huh? How would you > distinguish a small enough dark or grey number from a fully dark larger > number? WRT floating point RGB say (0, 0, 0) is dark, or the color black. I guess a gray one would be (.01, .01, .01) ? lol.