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April 28 2005 at 12:57 PM

Al  (Login gollyjeepers)


Response to The finite vs. the infinite

 





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...Interestingly, Galileo recognized that there is the same number of positive integers and even positive integers, even though in some sense there are "twice as many" of the former as the latter....
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In what sense is the set {0,1,2,3,4,...} twice as large as the set {0,2,4,6,8,....}?






---Al

 
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  1. Well, it won't be a technical sense. - Bill on Apr 28, 4:16 PM
    1. but, does it "mean sh*t to a tree"? - Al on Apr 28, 8:31 PM
      1. Who's wasting whose time?? - Bill on Apr 29, 11:30 AM
        1. elaboration - Al on Apr 29, 12:51 PM
          1. I'm working on... - Bill on Apr 29, 3:31 PM
            1. golden showers are officially outré - Al on Apr 29, 4:08 PM
              1. Re: Golden Showers - Bill on Apr 30, 1:00 PM
                1. with baited breath, barely contained ... - Al on Apr 30, 2:45 PM
                  1. The ground rules keep shifting - Bill on Apr 30, 5:24 PM
                    1. wow --- no they don't - Al on May 1, 10:51 AM
                      1. OK... - Bill on May 1, 12:25 PM
     
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