a. All integers are interesting. b. A rational number is a ratio of two integers. c. A real number is the limit of a sequence of rationals.
----- Original Message ----- From: Zsbán Ambrus <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009 15:02 Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Unforgettable times To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM, R.E. > Boss<[email protected]> wrote: > > To me (when I was in university) it was proven by contradiction: > > if there would exist an uninteresting integer, there would be > a smallest one > > / one closest to 0. > > A very interesting number. QED. > > I wonder, can you also prove that all real numbers are > interesting? I > can't think of a proof. > > Ambrus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
