Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Damon Newsgroups: sci.logic Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers (extra-ordinary) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:01:52 -0500 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <659cb7a16573c854e96c7a982fe8b15397fb1210@i2pn2.org> References: <31419fde-62b3-46f3-89f6-a48f1fe82bc0@att.net> <8b860c66587b6d5d18e565caddb42cc3d5bb813c@i2pn2.org> <376546bee4809e20528e0e9481315611ec5c3848@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:01:52 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="312723"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2801 Lines: 22 On 11/28/24 7:20 AM, WM wrote: > On 27.11.2024 22:20, Richard Damon wrote: >> On 11/27/24 3:09 PM, WM wrote: > >>> It is completed! Every number 10n starts wit a black hat. >> >> Right, and it gives that hat to n, so every number gets one. >> >> And, 10n will get back a hat from 100n, so it still have one at the end. >> > It seems so, but that is impossible. Up to every 10n, the interval 1, 2, > 3, ... 10n has a covering of 1/10 only. The limit of this sequence is > 1/10 too. And since this is true for all natural numbers, where should > additional hats come from? > > Regards, WM > No, it is possilbe, but beyond your understanding, because you refuse to actually work with the infinite set, and think a finite set is an adiquite model for the inifinite. Sorry, you are just proving your incompetence.