Re: Incompleteness of Cantor's enumeration of the rational numbers

On 13.11.2024 08:18, Jim Burns wrote:

On 11/12/2024 4:38 PM, WM wrote:

On 12.11.2024 20:01, Jim Burns wrote:

On 11/12/2024 11:43 AM, WM wrote:

 

No, the intervals remain constant
in size and multitude.

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Intervals which are constant _only_
in size and multitude
are not constant absolutely.

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They would suffer [suffice] to cover
all rationals completely
if Cantor's bijection was complete.

 I think that you want to use 'suffice' here.

Yes, thank you.

 Your English is generally excellent,

Thank you.

but 'suffice' is not a very common word.
 One instance I'm fond of:
 ⎛ Some say the world will end in fire,
⎜ Some say in ice.
⎜ From what I’ve tasted of desire
⎜ I hold with those who favor fire.
⎜ But if it had to perish twice,
⎜ I think I know enough of hate
⎜ To say that for destruction ice
⎜ Is also great
⎝ And would suffice.
 -- Robert Frost, "Fire and Ice"

Nice. Ice fits better to the name of the poet. But I was stunned by the last rhyme. I would have pronounced suffice like police.
Regards, WM