Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!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 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:52:11 -0500 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <226bc62e19a54dd1daece7527c572801b6fd9d39@i2pn2.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:52:11 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2973922"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2436 Lines: 36 On 12/15/24 6:08 AM, WM wrote: > On 15.12.2024 11:50, Mikko wrote: >> On 2024-12-14 08:42:37 +0000, WM said: >> >>> On 14.12.2024 09:30, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 2024-12-13 10:28:44 +0000, WM said: >>>> >>>>> On 13.12.2024 10:46, Mikko wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Between any two intervals there is space and that space contains >>>>>> other >>>>>> intervals. >>>>> >>>>> No. Starting from a point in the complement the cursor will hit a >>>>> first interval. This is true for all visible intervals. >>>> >>>> False. From a point that is not a part of an interval no interval is >>>> the >>>> nearest one because another interval is nearer. >>> >>> IF ALL intervals and their endpoints are existing as invariable >>> points on the real line this cannot happen. >> >> It can. Your { [q_n - sqrt(2)/2^n, q_n + sqrt(2)/2^n] | n = 1, 2, >> 3, ... } >> is one such set. > > That is nothing but an unfounded claim. In actual infinity of set theory > all intervals and their endpoints are existing as invariable points from > the beginning of the cursor's motion. > > Regards, WM > > So? The problem is the cursor can't move without immediately hitting segments, none of which are "next" because they are dense.