Path: news.eternal-september.org!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 (extra-ordinary) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:27:51 -0500 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <98d1b1111ef926cafe4bb1bea20016085f86e524@i2pn2.org> References: <66868399-5c4b-4816-9a0c-369aaa824553@att.net> <417ff6da-86ee-4b3a-b07a-9c6a8eb31368@att.net> <07258ab9-eee1-4aae-902a-ba39247d5942@att.net> <1ebbc233d6bab7878b69cae3eda48c7bbfd07f88@i2pn2.org> <4c89380adaad983f24d5d6a75842aaabbd1adced@i2pn2.org> <494bfd3b-3c70-4d8d-9c70-ce917c15fc22@att.net> <72142d82-0d71-460a-a1be-cadadf78c048@att.net> <812e64b1-c85c-48ac-a58c-e8955bc02f8c@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:27:51 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3867329"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US On 1/15/25 1:13 PM, WM wrote: > On 14.01.2025 19:41, Jim Burns wrote: >> On 1/14/2025 4:07 AM, WM wrote: >>> On 13.01.2025 20:31, Jim Burns wrote: >>>> On 1/13/2025 12:17 PM, WM wrote: >> >>>>> [...] >>>> >>>> A step is never from finite to infinite. > > The dark realm is appears infinite. >>>> There is no infinite set smaller than β„• >>>> #𝔼 β‰₯ #β„• >>> >>> That is obviously wrong. > >  The rule of subset proves that every proper subset has fewer elements > than its superset. So there are more natural numbers than prime numbers, > || > ||, and more complex numbers than real numbers, || > ||. Even > finitely many exceptions from the subset-relation are admitted for > infinite subsets. Therefore there are more odd numbers than prime > numbers |οƒŽ| > ||. Which doesn't apply to infinite sets. Where are you getting your broken rules from. > >  The rule of construction yields the number of integers || = 2|| + 1 > and the number of fractions || = 2||2 + 1 (there are fewer rational > numbers # ). Since all products of rational numbers with an irrational > number are irrational, there are many more irrational numbers than > rational numbers |οƒ—| > |#|. Yes, there are more irrational numbers thn rational numbers, > >  The rule of symmetry yields precisely the same number of real > geometric pointsΒ  in every interval (n, n+1] and with at most a small > error same number of odd numbers and of even numbers in every finite > interval and in the whole real line. > >> There is no infinite set smaller than β„•. > > {2,3, 4, ...} is smaller by one element. Which, since that size is infinite, is the same size. A fact you don't seem to be able to understand, since your mind is stuck in finite arithmatic, > > Regards, WM > > >