Sujet : Re: Replacement of Cardinality
De : chris.m.thomasson.1 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris M. Thomasson)
Groupes : sci.logic sci.mathDate : 16. Aug 2024, 01:50:21
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On 8/15/2024 4:39 PM, Moebius wrote:
Am 16.08.2024 um 01:35 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
On 8/15/2024 3:59 PM, Moebius wrote:
Am 16.08.2024 um 00:51 schrieb Jim Burns:
On 8/15/2024 3:37 PM, Moebius wrote:
Am 15.08.2024 um 21:28 schrieb Jim Burns:
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Defining ⅟𝔊 to be the smallest unit fraction
isn't a claim that ⅟𝔊 exists.
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You need an existence proof [...]
BEFORE stating a/the proper definition.
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Proving that [a unique] mimsy borogove exist[s]
before defining [the] mimsy borogove
seems like a pretty steep hill to climb.
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No mater what you think, in math we HAVE TO climb this hill, and we do.
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That's a hill which I doubt we need to climb.
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Fuck you, asshole. Want't to be the the next crank in sci.math? (After all the other cranks have left?)
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Wrt sqrt(2), afaict anytime we create a unit square, we have the sqrt(2) in all of its irrational infinite glory as a diagonal.
Right. In the context of geometry (with real "distances"/lengths of line segments).
Sometimes I wonder what WM is on, if anything at all... As if, on purpose? He has to know better, right? Wrt teaching students!? WM is not on this, right?
https://youtu.be/p-2fd-eUUf8?list=PLK3M3YfeucQnOu_Ro044ygziNnjw9DFBe
Re: Replacement of Cardinality
Re: Replacement of Cardinality