Re: Orlow cardinality question

imaginatorium@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Tony Orlow wrote:
>> In my College Achievement Tests, I
>> scored an 800 out of 800 in math, and above 700 on three other
>> Achievement tests.
>
> So we understand you believe that your skill in mathematics matches
> your confidence. Could you just clarify whether you believe that
> basically the entire system of maths education of the modern world
> has got it wrong, and you have uniquely identified the flaw. Or do
> you believe that the many people here who have told you that the set
> of finite integers (pofnats) is finite are misinformed - in which
^^^^^^
> case could you perhaps point to a textbook or university prof's
> webpage that confirms your (mis)understanding?

Uh, they are misinformed. The set of finite integers is the textbook
example of an _infinite_ set since the Peano axioms do almost nothing
except establishing a mapping (the successor relation) satisfying the
definition of an infinite set.

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