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Article #6415Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
From: William Chops Westfield
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:00
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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?
They're the same size. The set of all rational number (fractions) is
the same size too. But the set of irrational numbers is bigger...
That should be obvious.
:-)
BillW
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