Re: WELL WHICH IS IT... ?

rupertmccallum_at_yahoo.com
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: 22 Jan 2005 15:22:23 -0800

|-|erc wrote:
> <rupertmccallum@yahoo.com> wrote in
> >
> > |-|erc wrote:
> > > > "If you have the list of computables, a random real number can
be
> > on it to an infinite number
> > > > of digits, and yet not be on the list" True / False / Other
> > >
> >
> > It's possible that for each k, the real agrees with some member of
the
> > list to k digits, but that the real is not on the list.
> >
>
> .......therefore true?
>
> ........therefore false?
>
> BE ASSERTIVE MAN!
>
> Its not newspeak I wish to clarify, its using English for proper
comprehension that
> your syntax seems unable to grasp.
>
> Herc

Well, it depends what you mean by "be on it to an infinite number of
digits". I gave you one interpretation on which it's true.

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