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Article #73Re: A definition of an infinity, perhaps!?
From: WM
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:45
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:45
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On 14 Okt., 00:17, Graham Cooper <grahamcoop...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 14, 7:13 am, William Hughes <wpihug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 12:39 pm, WM <mueck...@rz.fh-augsburg.de> wrote: > > > > On 13 Okt., 15:29, William Hughes <wpihug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So we are agreed that you can have a finished infinity > > > > of symbols that contains a symbol for every natural number but does > > > > not contain the symbol oo. (note that this finished infinity > > > > does not have a largest element). > > > > Of course, if there are no other arguments contradicting it. > > > > > The first column contains every natural number > > > > but does not contain oo, and the diagonal contains every natural > > > > number but does not contain oo, They are identical. > > > > And here is the argument contradicting it: > > > The third side must also contain every natural number, but does not. > > > There is no third side. > > > A third side would have to be the last line. > > > The fact that a limit, L, of things from the triangle > > exists does not mean that L is part of the triangle. > > > - William Hughes > > This is my spin on the "Infinite Triangle" > > using an INFINITE UNION OF SAMPLES > > Consider the sequence > > +------->... X > ! <1> > ! <12> > ! <123> > ! <1234> > v ... > Y > > The length is oo, but the width is finite > > So even if you DEFINE A LIMIT FOR Y->oo > and no limit for X->oo > > The fact X=Y still implies (to WM atleast) > that the FINISHED INFINITY still never exists. You see it easily by the infinite square. Nobody disputes that it has infinite lines. > > There is one more step required, for X & Y to reach infinity > the sequences must be formatted as finite samples (prefixes) > of infinite sequences and you consider the SAMPLES like so... > > +------->... > ! <1...> > ! <12...> > ! <123...> > ! <1234...> > v ... > > Now the UNION of the above INFINITE SET > > = N > > since each sequence includes the previous sequence an infinite Union > is possible > > and both LIMITS x->oo and y->oo are defined. > > Exists(i): i = oo If completed infinity would exist. Therefore we can exclude that possibility. Regards, WM
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