Sujet : Re: how
De : chris.m.thomasson.1 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris M. Thomasson)
Groupes : sci.mathDate : 17. Apr 2024, 06:51:31
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On 4/16/2024 10:47 PM, FromTheRafters wrote:
Richard Damon formulated the question :
On 4/16/24 10:59 AM, WM wrote:
Le 16/04/2024 à 00:38, Richard Damon a écrit :
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Name a Natural Number that can not be doubled!!!
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All nameable numbers belong to a potentially infinite collection, a very small initial segment of ℕ.
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Thus, doubling ALL the Natural Numbers still gives you results that are all Natural Numbers.
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Impossible, since all are doubled.
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POSSIBLE!!!!
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That is the "miracle" of INFINITY.
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No, it is the incongruence of thinking.
For potential infinity it is true. But for actual infinity it is wrong.
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Regards, WM
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Why?
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What number in the set of Natual Numbers doesn't have another Natural Number that is twice it?
Zero?
Is zero a natural number? Yikes! Well, how to denote 42 - 42 = 0 ;^)
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