Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.logic,sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:36:09 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <6c471296-90b8-4cf7-bc9b-480bd34ef190@att.net> <1f25a3d6-7b0e-476d-aa99-ecb003cf763f@att.net> <75e2ce0e-7df8-4266-968b-9c58e4140b03@att.net> <35d8c0a1-dab3-4c15-8f24-068e8200cb07@att.net> <45ad1007-b1a7-49d0-a650-048f02738226@att.net> <7ac6c715-3b64-4fea-ae1c-2d99cf7f18dc@att.net> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:36:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6f15604c04b8929e2981b2c365f0c048"; logging-data="1163727"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18zpwRs2uoBAHbw0XXq5c1T" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:oL7ggUfqMzj1fchDPDcOpU0qoj0= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: <7ac6c715-3b64-4fea-ae1c-2d99cf7f18dc@att.net> Bytes: 2131 Am 15.08.2024 um 20:36 schrieb Jim Burns: > Translate ¬∃ᴿx(x = 1/0) to There is nothing to translate. "¬∃ᴿx = 1/0" is just a meaningless expression, because "1/0" is a undefined (non-denoting) term/name. > ¬∃ᴿx: 0⋅x = 1 Now this is a meaningful statement. > Prove that. Indeed! :-) For this we might assume ∃ᴿx: 0⋅x = 1 and try to derive a contradiction from this assumption. ->Proof by contradiction (RRA).