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Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)

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From: jon murray
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:00
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William Chops Westfield 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?
> 
> 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.
> 

Well, not being a mathematitian, it isn't obvious to me. Is there any
imaginable situation where my lack of insight is likely to cause me a
problem?

Jon

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From: jon murray <jonm@nextconnect.com>
Subject: Re: Stupid Math tricks  (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
Date: 1997/04/19
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