Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers (extra-ordinary) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:30:18 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <0b1bb1a1-40e3-464f-9e3d-a5ac22dfdc6f@tha.de> <95183b4d9c2e32651963bac79965313ad2bfe7e8@i2pn2.org> <33512b63716ac263c16b7d64cd1d77578c8aea9d@i2pn2.org> <069069bf23698c157ddfd9b62b9b2f632b484c40@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:30:19 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8cb16b437f3efafb0eb1892e9ae812c7"; logging-data="1104912"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+sL+IEYP8MhwRia5Y1A7736ofv0Te1SoE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:CnMHqUryFRCVNlGcLFs4xDik/vM= In-Reply-To: <069069bf23698c157ddfd9b62b9b2f632b484c40@i2pn2.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3483 On 15.12.2024 21:21, joes wrote: > Am Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:25:55 +0100 schrieb WM: >> On 15.12.2024 12:15, joes wrote: >>> Am Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:00:43 +0100 schrieb WM: >> >>>>>>>> That pairs the elements of D with the elements of ℕ. Alas, it can >>>>>>>> be proved that for every interval [1, n] the deficit of hats >>>>>>>> amounts to at least 90 %. And beyond all n, there are no further >>>>>>>> hats. >>>>>>> But we aren't dealing with intervals of [1, n] but of the full set. >>>>>> Those who try to forbid the detailed analysis are dishonest >>>>>> swindlers and tricksters and not worth to participate in scientific >>>>>> discussion. >>>>> No, we are not forbiding "detailed" analysis >>>> Then deal with all infinitely many intervals [1, n]. >>> ??? The bijection is not finite. >> Therefore we use all [1, n]. > Those are all finite. All n are finite. > >>>>>>> The problem is that you can't GET to "beyond all n" in the pairing, >>>>>>> as there are always more n to get to. >>>>>> If this is impossible, then also Cantor cannot use all n. >>>>> Why can't he? The problem is in the space of the full set, not the >>>>> finite sub sets. >>>> The intervals [1, n] cover the full set. >>> Only in the limit. >> With and without limit. > Wonrg. There is no natural n that „covers N”. All intervals do it because there is no n outside of all intervals [1, n]. My proof applies all intervals. Regards, WM