NoSpaceGazelle wrote:Plan M?
Spock wrote:I don't like maths. It is an ultimately soulless pursuit that teaches us nothing about humanity.
It's more subtle than that though... all the above applies to fractions too!davyK wrote:Reals are uncountably infinte. What comes after 1? 1.1? 1.01? 1.0000000.........01? No. there's an infinite number of numbers between 1 and 1.1 for example. They are uncountable because you can't get past 1 when trying to count.
"Infinitely smaller" is dangerously loose language in discussions such as these!davyK wrote:It means integers are a subset of reals - an infinitely smaller set of numbers compared to reals - and are a level of infinity below the reals.
SpaceGazelle wrote:I kind of like it when a forumite dismisses knowledge. It's a thing.
WorKid wrote:I got a degree in the fucker.
acemuzzy wrote:"Infinitely smaller" is dangerously loose language in discussions such as these!davyK wrote:It means integers are a subset of reals - an infinitely smaller set of numbers compared to reals - and are a level of infinity below the reals.
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