Re: Anyone wanna help with a compression routine (new type)

In article <fks3ss$a69$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
WM <mueckenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I am interested in the set of *all* natural numbers. (In order to
minimize the problem use the set of numbers between 10^10^100 and
10^10^101.) Why do I ask? We know any conceivable program consists of
far less than 10^78 bits (the number of hydrogen atoms in the
universe). Therefore we can say: Unless it is possible to construct a
number by such a program, we will never have a chance to use it in any
mathemastical sense. Hence it would be a fairly "useless" claim if we
claimed that such a number existed.

That "most" numbers are useless to WM in no way eliminates them from the
mathematical universe.

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