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Article #813Re: A Guide for Cantor Cranks
From: William Hughes
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:31
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:31
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On Mar 24, 4:51 am, Albrecht <albst...@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Any claim that an irrational decimal number exists is silly.
>
> Pi has to be the limit of the serie
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> 3/1, 31/10, 314/100, 3141/1000, 31415/10000, ...
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> If you claim the existence of an irrational decimal number you claim
> the existence of the number
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> 31415.../10000...
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> with infinite numerator and inifite denominator.
Absolute piffle. There is no reason that defining the
existence of the limit of finite ratios means that you
have to define either infinite quantities, or the ratio
of infinite quantities.
- William Hughes
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