Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Damon Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:31:18 -0500 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <98d5429fe188b6924989872490403bb86f7afdfc@i2pn2.org> References: <0d6d06a888e15ed2042aca8ec7e6ebb93590b7bc@i2pn2.org> <8a2aedd8383a84ceef2fd985ac0bf529e2a0eccf@i2pn2.org> <3fe6ef31f562e0ddf598de46cf864986ca909687@i2pn2.org> <9cb8aec671200bb6d71582fd607b876b7ec4c83a@i2pn2.org> <40292abc147fee5a7bdd264b69d34ddf2061e59d@i2pn2.org> <0bc3cdc8c096bba16decd94ad2af85d35da9b7b4@i2pn2.org> <9896cb31-806b-40a2-a03e-dc4aea744d04@att.net> <298a18e0-a0c6-4db2-901d-da255ecace0b@tha.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:31:18 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="235349"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: <298a18e0-a0c6-4db2-901d-da255ecace0b@tha.de> Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2448 Lines: 18 On 11/27/24 4:33 PM, WM wrote: > On 27.11.2024 20:47, Jim Burns wrote: > >> Finite cardinals can change by 1 >> The cardinal |ℕᶠⁱⁿ| cannot change by 1 > > Small wonder. Fuzzy properties like "many" cannot change by 1. >> >> Yes, >> the sets can change membership by 1 > >> However, >> the cardinalities of those sets cannot change by 1 > > This proves that cardinality is a fuzzy property. > > Regards, WM No, it shows that infinite values act differently than finite numbers.