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From: Robert James Aguirre
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00

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Martin Ward wrote:

 
> I was referring to real numbers (like pi - see the subject line) so
> Jaime's crticism is valid.  I presume Ulrich was thinking of the natural
> numbers, or possibly the rationals, or possibly rationals of the form
> a/b where a,b are natural numbers with a<=31 and b<=12.  Any of these
> sets can be well-ordered, and then Ulrich's argument "works" as Katy
> says.
> 
> I like this argument, but of course it has a more subtle flaw...
> --

Hmm  I suppose the reals "can" be well ordered as well (or must I leave
choice axioms alone...

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From: Robert James Aguirre <robba@owlnet.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: Pi day
Date: 1997/03/24
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