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From: WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de>
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Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers
 (extra-ordinary)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:01:04 +0100
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On 10.12.2024 13:19, Richard Damon wrote:

> 
> The pairing is between TWO sets, not the members of a set with itself.

The pairing is between the elements. Otherwise you could pair R and Q by 
simply claiming it.
"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." [Cantor] Note the numbers, not the set.

Regards, WM