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Article #814Re: A Guide for Cantor Cranks
From: Albrecht
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:12
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:12
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On 24 Mrz., 10:31, William Hughes <wpihug...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recall > The anti-diagonal is formed by taking the > diagonal and changing every 0 to 1 and 1 to 0. > Any claim that the anti-diagonal does not exist is > silly. Any claim that the anti-diagonal is equal to > a row of the list is silly. > On Mar 24, 4:51 am, Albrecht <albst...@gmx.de> wrote: > > <snip> > > > Any claim that an irrational decimal number exists is silly. > > > Pi has to be the limit of the serie > > > 3/1, 31/10, 314/100, 3141/1000, 31415/10000, ... > > > If you claim the existence of an irrational decimal number you claim > > the existence of the number > > > 31415.../10000... > > > 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. > So you admit that an infinite decimal number has crucial other properties than a finite decimal number? You admit that a number like 3.1415... is crucial different from a number like 0.75? But you insist that the "behaviour" of a number like 3.1415... should be like the "behaviour" of a number like 0.75? The axioms behind this view are silly. Best Albrecht
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