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Article #6412Re: Sizes of infinity (was: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)
From: Tosser
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:00
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Russ Jones wrote: > > Which is the larger set of numbers: All positive integers, or all integers? > Both are infinity, but is one set twice as large as the other? > > --- > Russ Jones - It has something to do with both of them being "countably infinite", since you can make direct correspondences between members of each set, i.e. 1 with 1 AND -1, 2 with 2 AND -2,...ad infinitum (<= probably the only time I'll use this word properly!) T "Assume all opinion and statements are qualified by, "I think".
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public X-Google-Thread: 10aec3,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aec3,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public From: Tosser <nope@nyet.nein> Subject: Re: Sizes of infinity (was: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...) Date: 1997/04/18 Message-ID: <3357CA45.3B78@nyet.nein> X-Deja-AN: 235776113 References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <E7pGE8.21v@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <hatunenE7pK18.n1L@netcom.com> <5he5lg$hs8@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> <5heubn$r3v@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <5hhq2q$fr1@usenet.rpi.edu> <5j4pis$3ka$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <dlawson-1804970653040001@news2.aimnet.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.970418125337.19713E-100000@pwic045.ks.boeing.com> Organization: none Reply-To: nope@nyet.nein Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban,rec.models.rockets