Re: infinity

Torkel Franzen wrote: 
"Theo Jacobs" <t.jacobs@xxxxxxxxx> writes:


He says it all has to do with Cantor's set theory, cardinality etc..., but browsing the internet didn't really help me much.
Any information or relevant links are very welcome, 


  This is an old philosophical favorite from the fifties and sixties.
Googling for supertask+philosophy will lead you to a number of papers
and discussions.


Perhaps also a useful link:

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0401154

(Boaz Tsaban, Random strategies with memory for the Robin Hood game)
From the abstract:

The_Robin_Hood_ game is played as follows: On day i, the Sheriff puts s(i) bags of gold in the cave. On night i, Robin removes r(i) bags from the cave. The game is played for each natural nymber i. Robin wins if each bag which was put in the cave is eventually removed from it; otherwise the Sheriff wins. (...)

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Herman Jurjus

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