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Answer (again)

April 23 2005 at 6:39 PM
  (Login Wisdom7491)


Response to why guess?

 

I was assuming that you'd read and understood my posting of 4/22 entitled "Denumerability". A set is countable if and only if it's either finite or denumerable. And it's uncountable if and only if it's not countable--i.e., if and only if it's neither finite nor denumerable. But there are denumerably many terms in the series to which you refer. So there can't be uncountably many terms in that series.

By the bye, you'll certainly do us all a favor when you tell us exactly what you mean by "innumerable".

 
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  1. Re: Answer (again) - Al on Apr 23, 7:09 PM
    1. This protracted discussion - Sue on Apr 24, 9:39 AM
      1. Thank you! - Bill on Apr 24, 12:41 PM
        1. You're welcome - Sue on Apr 24, 1:54 PM
    2. Another try...do pay atention! - Bill on Apr 24, 2:14 PM
      1.        explanation now grokked - Al on Apr 24, 9:49 PM
        1. "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Bill on Apr 25, 1:49 PM
          1. Re: "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Al on Apr 25, 3:40 PM
            1. Re: "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Bill on Apr 25, 8:37 PM
              1. as everyone glazed over, Lucy pulled the ball away - Al on Apr 25, 9:08 PM
                1. Permit me to edit slightly - Bill on Apr 26, 8:35 AM
                  1. okey doke - Al on Apr 26, 12:19 PM
    3. Conspicuous typo - Bill on Apr 24, 4:36 PM
     
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