Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:20:08 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: <9d4dc4f3d8ff959e24038b079ae3b103a4bdb441@i2pn2.org> <4f41f0654f1bf146d377f095db506eac4fd4ade7@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: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:20:09 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d5079f4d34edf761cad17a9a5f4aaba9"; logging-data="350900"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+vAvoJ/9yoxPIzBf142hyX" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ux/hzjLc9iqGL28rveWvpnxX4nQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: de-DE Bytes: 4204 Am 21.11.2024 um 01:12 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > On 11/20/2024 4:11 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >> On 11/20/2024 4:10 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >>> On 11/20/2024 3:57 PM, joes wrote: >>>> Am Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:37:20 +0100 schrieb WM: >>>>> On 20.11.2024 19:12, joes wrote: >>>>>> Am Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:51:19 +0100 schrieb WM: >>>>>>> On 20.11.2024 15:15, FromTheRafters wrote: >>>>>>>> WM explained on 11/20/2024 : >>>>>>>>> set theory claims that all natural numbers can be counted to such >>>>>>>>> that no successors remain. >>>>>>>> No it doesn't. >>>>>>> Even all rationals and algebraics. >>>>>>> "we get the epitome (ω) of all real algebraic numbers [...] and with >>>>>>> respect to this order we can talk about the nth algebraic number >>>>>>> where >>>>>>> not a single one of this epitome has been forgotten" >>>>>>> "The infinite sequence thus defined has the peculiar property to >>>>>>> contain the positive rational numbers completely, and each of them >>>>>>> only once at a determined place" >>>>>> You are once again lacking in precision: >>>>> It was Cantor who said the above. There is no lack of precision. >>>> You misunderstood him. I don't see anything about successors. >>>> >>>>>> every natural is finite and thus countable. >>>>> According to Cantor there is no number missing, let alone infinitely >>>>> many. >>>> Numbers "missing" is meaningless. What did you mean to say here? >>>> >>>>> Set theory claims that all natural numbers can be counted to such >>>>> that no successors remain. That is false. >>>> Obviously. There is no end to the successors such that you are done >>>> counting them after some finite number. >>>> >>> >>> A balanced scale with no weights on either side. Place a unit weight >>> on the right side and say this equal to 0 + 1. Wrt unit weight... >>> >>> ? ;^) lol. >> >> say balanced condition is zero. So, with the single unit weight on the >> right, place a unit weight on the left. We got a balanced scale >> representing 1 - 1 - 0? > > 1-1=0 DAMN > TYPOS! GRRRR! Sorry Everybody! ;^o lol Keep cool, man. Hey, we are cool, buddy! :-) .. .. ..