Re: Cantor's diagonal proof wrong?

From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz (spamtrap_at_library.lspace.org.invalid)
Date: 11/25/04


Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:10:56 -0500

In <20041121224827.824$zg@newsreader.com>, on 11/22/2004
   at 03:48 AM, curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) said:

>It talks about the behavior of infinite procedures

You keep making that claim; it's false.

>and it always takes time.

What is "time"? If you look closely at it you will find that the only
way to give a usable answer is to employ Mathematics.

>What is useful to me, is to understand how to clearly paint this
>yellow foul line on various parts of mathematics.

No. First you have to establish that your universe is correct and the
best description. If, as seems clear, it is not, then there is no foul
line to draw.

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