Re: when laypersons look smarter than math professors Re: a question for the anti-Cantorians

From: "george" <greeneg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 21 May 2005 13:07:38 -0700

HERC777 wrote:
> A set is a list with no special meaning given to the ordering.

Not in modern math it isn't.
The way it's usually done around here,
set is the PRIOR simpler concept.
Besides, you can't say what you mean by
"special meaning". Every list has the ordering it
has. If it had a different ordering it would be a
different list.

> Any set that cannot have the elements line
> up in a list is illegal.

SEZ WHO?
Who appointed You the lawgiver?
That is just ridiculous.

.

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