Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: wij Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Cantor Diagonal Proof Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:25:47 +0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <7EKdnTIUz9UkpXL6nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <45bb7521c3bb68fe5fd47d10ee93a03de17f8d47.camel@gmail.com> <809a03d4b71e717fca7bf77bd900c4e977844c2d.camel@gmail.com> <15646f711ca9eac71a97c035c2a7e155bf8934f9.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:25:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6e1f11aad64c740959bbf40a4daa19c4"; logging-data="2536241"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19BXvpVwE9NU7XNiaWJ3pZ5" User-Agent: Evolution 3.54.3 (3.54.3-1.fc41) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7p4dleOpVKG48MMbpo8yt0qCqO4= In-Reply-To: On Tue, 2025-04-08 at 09:29 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 08/04/2025 08:31, Mikko wrote: > > On 2025-04-07 10:31:28 +0000, wij said: > >=20 > > > On Mon, 2025-04-07 at 11:28 +0300, Mikko wrote: > > > > On 2025-04-06 10:42:05 +0000, wij said: > > > >=20 > > > > > On Sun, 2025-04-06 at 13:35 +0300, Mikko wrote: > > > > > > On 2025-04-06 07:15:51 +0000, wij said: > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > Simply put, repeating decimals are irrational. > > > > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/cscall/files/MisFiles/RealNu= mber2-en.txt/download > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Repeating decimals are rational. > > > > >=20 > > > > > Prove it (be sure not to make mistakes shown in the link above) > > > >=20 > > > > See>=20 > > > > https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/549254/why-is-a-repeating-= decimal-a-rational-number > > >=20 > > > Still can't prove, except posting a copy from the internet? > >=20 > > So you are only trolling? >=20 > Hasn't he just proved that by claiming that recurring decimals=20 > are irrational? 1/3, 1/7, 1/11, 1/13, 1/17... all irrational! Just remind you, your post showed that you don't understand 1. what the def= inition is. 2. what a proof should be (the above statement is another evidence). 3. your understand is 'by belief'. > Perhaps we should pass a hat round. >=20