Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:05:04 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <980a0ec7476c9dc5823e59b2969398bd39d9b91d@i2pn2.org> <8d5b0145-b30d-44d2-b4ff-b01976f7ca66@att.net> <6cc86827-def3-4948-9e69-a3fea9e86c06@att.net> <9ff8c24c89c598906b2081b6085de50c7ab23b44@i2pn2.org> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:05:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b4b7d99e1ec56348c49d4d97a95444b9"; logging-data="3663346"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Pu9lQKvxvxuGSfqxkqdou" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:x87SfsPL+kmpuj1bxzkJ6Si2ebo= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: <9ff8c24c89c598906b2081b6085de50c7ab23b44@i2pn2.org> Bytes: 2710 Am 28.08.2024 um 06:23 schrieb joes: > Am Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:26:25 +0000 schrieb WM: >> Le 25/08/2024 à 23:18, Jim Burns a écrit : >> >>> Therefore, there is no ω-1, *sigh* Therefore there is no ordinal number o such that o + 1 = ω. >> If the set of ordinal numbers is complete, then ω-1 precedes ω - by >> definition. > How does it go again? WM defines "complete" comcerning (sets of) ordinal numbers the following way: A set of ordinals is /complete/ iff each and every ordinal in the set (except 0) has an immediate predecessor (which precedes it). Simple as that. In this sense, {0, 1, 2, 3, ... ω} is not (Mückenheim) complete. Though clearly no ordinal between 0 and ω is "missing" - LOL. :-) Hint: ~Eo e ORD: An e IN: n < o < ω. Hence the term "complete" as defined by Mückenheim is quite "misleading" (to say the least). We'd better define: A set of ordinals is /Mückenheim complete/ iff each and every ordinal in the set (except 0) has an immediate predecessor (which precedes it). Theorem: {0, 1, 2, 3, ... ω} is not Mückenheim complete. :-) Though it's not clear what's missing here. :-)