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Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)

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From: Tosser
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:00
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Charles R. Rutledge wrote:

> Sorry, Guy.  Both the set of all integers and the set of even integers
> are the some size.  For every integer, you can name a corresponding
> even integer (2 X the integer).  Since this is a one-to-one and onto
> relationship,  the two infinities are equal.  Isn't god wonderful???
> 
> Charlie

In another response to this thread, I wrote:

"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."

OKAY, MATH GEEKS:  Who's right, (if anyone) and why?

T
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From: Tosser <nope@nyet.nein>
Subject: Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)
Date: 1997/04/18
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