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To: IronJack

Integers are countably infinite, real numbers are uncountably infinite. They are provably different, e.g. by Cantor’s diagonal proof. The number of rational numbers is also countable.


139 posted on 01/12/2019 9:04:48 AM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan
Integers are countably infinite

"Countably infinite" is a contradiction in terms. If it's countable, it's not infinite. By definition.

That reals are different than integers does not make either of them countable, or one of a "greater" infinity than the other.

Infinity is not a number. Thus, no arithmetic comparators apply to it. Terms like "greater" or "lesser," "more" or "fewer" are meaningless.

146 posted on 01/12/2019 9:58:50 AM PST by IronJack
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