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Wrong. A series is a certain kind of function. The continuum is not a function. Wrong. I explained the difference between them. Knowing the definition...
September 17, 2024 at 21:33
The arrow paradox is that the arrow does not move but that it moves. / Average speed is distance/time. In Zenos's paradox, both are finite.
September 17, 2024 at 17:34
You're still conflating 'continuum' with 'continuous'. They are closely related concepts, but not the same concept. Also, the least upper bound proper...
September 17, 2024 at 15:44
(x+y)/2 is the arithmetical mean of {x y}, not the geometrical mean.
September 17, 2024 at 15:43
What does that mean? Ordinarily, "to index" means to make a set the range of a function, as the domain is the index set. The domain is the indexing se...
September 17, 2024 at 15:41
I don't know. First you would need to define "speed in all infinite steps".
September 17, 2024 at 15:40
What definition of what? And what does "sweep" mean?
September 17, 2024 at 15:39
My point was that he didn't ask for a definition of 'the continuum'. The takeaway for you is to not conflate 'the continuum' with 'continuous'. I didn...
September 17, 2024 at 15:37
The speed of Achilles is 10meters/1second. The speed of Tortoise is 1meter/1000seconds. I applied mathematics to determine that, in the 100 meter race...
September 17, 2024 at 03:56
Who is "we"? Other than you? What does "between" mean for sets in general? Or do you mean for real intervals? Usually, 'continuous' refers to function...
September 16, 2024 at 19:49
We've been considering it at least fifty times already in this thread. What about it do you want to say?
September 16, 2024 at 19:40
He didn't ask for a definition of 'the continuum'. 'the continuum' is a noun. He asked for the distinction between 'continuous' and 'discrete'. 'conti...
September 16, 2024 at 19:37
I am not a mathematician. Proof: Let Mx <-> x is a mathematician Let Rx <-> x produces results in mathematics Let t = TonesInDeepFreeze 1. Ax(Mx -> Rx...
September 15, 2024 at 19:25
It's fine that you're talking about a question that's different from the one I replied to.
September 15, 2024 at 05:19
I have a good grasp of the some of the basics of set theory, but I am not very knowledgeable beyond those basics. Anyway, the idea of someone, who doe...
September 15, 2024 at 04:34
No one said anything about ZF. But if it is taken that there only finitely many things in what is designated as 'the real world', and it is regarded t...
September 15, 2024 at 04:25
(1) In open forums like this, there is usually more disinformation and confusion about mathematics than there is information and clarity. Instead, pro...
September 14, 2024 at 17:24
That you have limited time for mathematics is all the more reason for not wasting that limited time in routes that lead to dead ends, misinformation a...
September 14, 2024 at 16:30
What 1:1 map are you referring to? A 1:1 map from a real interval into points in space? A 1:1 map from a real interval into points of time? A 1:1 map ...
September 14, 2024 at 16:29
Please please please do not refer to AI bots for math proofs. They are so often incorrect. I've tried it a few times, and the bot gives clearly incorr...
September 14, 2024 at 15:36
Start with one thing: The poster asked about a "map into" as a "1:1 relation between". A word for that is 'injection'. That's fine with me. And if you...
September 14, 2024 at 14:18
First, again, I don't know what the poster means by "the real world" so I don't know what firm and clear notion there is of an injection from the set ...
September 14, 2024 at 01:24
Zeno's paradox? Other? What arguments are you referring to that there is no injection from the set of real numbers into "the world"?
September 14, 2024 at 00:19
I don't opine here on that other question. But what do you mean by "maps into"? Do you mean "there is a function into" or do you mean "there is a one-...
September 13, 2024 at 22:10
It turned out that by 'gap' @"MoK" meant 'interval'. His thinking is hopelessly confused.
September 13, 2024 at 21:40
I'm keeping to first order set theory. The point is that in set theory, any two complete order fields are isomorphic. You can think of that as saying ...
September 13, 2024 at 21:23
Yes. I said it many posts ago in a post you claimed to have read. Set theory doesn't provide a definition of 'is a number'. Rather, set theory provide...
September 13, 2024 at 20:58
fishfry has been giving you the info. But to understand very well, you need to go in forward direction from page 1 of a book - from the simplest conce...
September 13, 2024 at 20:47
Your questions arise only because you don't know anything about the subject, and also because (contrary to your claims) you don't carefully read the a...
September 13, 2024 at 19:47
The poster didn't express puzzlement about the fact that there is no finite upper bound to the set of natural numbers.
September 12, 2024 at 17:22
Fine. But that's a different domain than the one I used. Yes, it's a common fact. The set of natural numbers is aleph_0. Every set is one-to-one with ...
September 12, 2024 at 14:24
It's not counterintuitive that there exist functions whose domain is the set of positive natural numbers. Any Calculus 1 textbook has such functions a...
September 11, 2024 at 18:38
The domain of f has aleph_0 members, but aleph_0 is not a member of the domain of f.
September 10, 2024 at 13:43
They are almost entirely mathematics, very little philosophy. Except the introductory chapter in 'Introduction To Mathematical Logic' by Church. A pre...
September 09, 2024 at 17:07
I didn't use the word 'infinity' in that post. I used 'inf' (usually seen as the lemniscate). In the context and sense I used, 'inf' has no meaning by...
September 09, 2024 at 16:37
That you ask that question, indicates that you don't know what 'aleph' and 'countable mean' despite that you toss those terms around as if you're maki...
September 08, 2024 at 20:28
Then say 'aleph_0' since, in this context, 'infinity' is ambiguous. You think that only if you didn't read my post. For the third time: The domain of ...
September 08, 2024 at 19:52
I can only laugh.
September 08, 2024 at 09:10
An ordinary route: Prove the existence of a system of naturals, and define a particular system of naturals. Prove the existence of a system of integer...
September 07, 2024 at 23:16
As you touch on, the system of naturals can be extended to a system of rationals, and the system of rationals can be extended to the system of reals. ...
September 07, 2024 at 22:44
What do you mean by "infinity" used as a noun? There is the adjective "is infinite": S is infinite if and only if S is not finite. And there are vario...
September 07, 2024 at 22:03
I have the first edition in print. I don't have an errata sheet for it. But I do have pencil marks for the errata I caught. There is an errata sheet f...
September 06, 2024 at 21:06
Many posts ago I addressed the fact that I am naming an expression and so the definiens is in quotes. For about the 20th time, as you skip each time, ...
September 06, 2024 at 20:58
Greater than any countable number or greater than any finite number?
September 06, 2024 at 19:02
Don't take my word for it. Look up 'non-standard analysis', 'hyperreal', 'infinitesimal', 'internal set theory'. Better, read Enderton's beautifully w...
September 06, 2024 at 18:23
That is blatantly false and with an exclamation mark that is a cherry on top of falsehood. I wrote: This latest time I just made that proof even more ...
September 06, 2024 at 18:20
An operation symbol takes only finitely many arguments. For example, the operation of division (x/y) takes only two arguments (x and y), and is define...
September 06, 2024 at 17:47
"The Pentastring is this sentence has five words" No one has anything to say about any "content" of that other than that it's gibberish. These are all...
September 05, 2024 at 02:05
Your put-downs are lame-o-rama. If I were you, I'd get someone to help me write better insults.
September 05, 2024 at 02:00
There was only one (combined) error. I mentioned several facets of the matter just to provide an ample understanding of it.
September 05, 2024 at 01:18