Re: Cantor's Diagonal

2007-12-21 Thread Günther Greindl
Hi, > Because zero even repeated an infinity of time is zero and is a natural > number. (1,1,1,...) can't be a natural number because it is not finite and a > natural number is finite. If it was a natural number, then N would not have a > total ordering. Ok agreed: I was caught up in viewing

Re: Cantor's Diagonal

2007-12-21 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Hi, Le Friday 21 December 2007 13:08:38 Günther Greindl, vous avez écrit : > Hi Russell, > > Russell Standish wrote: > > In your first case, the number (1,1,1,1...) is not a natural number, > > since it is infinite. In the second case, (0,0,0,...) is a natural > > number, but is also on the list

Re: Cantor's Diagonal

2007-12-21 Thread Günther Greindl
Hi Russell, Russell Standish wrote: > In your first case, the number (1,1,1,1...) is not a natural number, > since it is infinite. In the second case, (0,0,0,...) is a natural > number, but is also on the list (at infinity). Why is (1,1,1,...) not in the list but (0,0,0,...) in the list at inf