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Article #6390Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
From: Greg d. Moore
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 00:00
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jon murray wrote: > > Greg d. Moore wrote: > > snip > > > > All Number set: 1 1.1 1.11 1.111 1.1111 1.11111 ...... up to 2. > > Integers 1 2 3 4 5 6 up to infinity. > > > snip > > > In other words, it takes an infinite number of "counters" to get from > > 1.0 to 2.0. So, it must take a BIGGER infinite number of counters to > > get from 1.0 to infinity.0. > > Yep, makes sense (and it will give me something other than tax to think > about as I drift off to sleep tonight), but I can't believe in bigger or > smaller infinities. I imagine that this makes me a mathematical heathen. > Actually, before I get any MORE email from people correcting my proof, I have to say the second half is incorrect. I attempted to use a couple of short-cuts. One was not making it clear I meant to include irrationals in my list, not just rationals. The second though was I did set it up incorrectly. So, to all those mathematicians out there, I'm sorry. I'll try not to post mathematical proofs when I'm so tired. :-) (In general, what the result is true, even if I didn't prove it correctly. :-) > Jon > > ********* > My address has been spam-protected. > It's 'netconnect' & I live in Australia (.au) > ********* -- Greg D. Moore President mooregr@greenms.com Green Mountain Software http://www.greenms.com/ 518-273-8602
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10aec3,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aec3,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public From: "Greg d. Moore" <mooregr@greenms.com> Subject: Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox) Date: 1997/04/20 Message-ID: <335A3EB9.694@greenms.com> X-Deja-AN: 236158145 References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <E7pGE8.21v@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Organization: Green Mountain Software Reply-To: mooregr@greenms.com Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban,rec.models.rockets