Re: infinity

David R Tribble said:
> >> No matter how many times you add 1 to a finite value,
> >> you will never get an infinite value.
> >
> Martin Semer=E1d wrote:
> > That is not true. If you add one N-times, you got the number N.
>
> And if N were really a natural number, then N+1 would also be a
> natural number.
>
> Every natural number is either odd or even. Which is N?
> Every natural number (greater than 1) is either prime or
> composite. Which is N?
>
>
Those are good questions, but perhaps not answerable. I rather suspect that in
some sense N should be considered prime, in which case I suppose it would have
to be odd, but as you, or someone, pointed out, there are paradoxes associated
with taking it to be either even or odd. What do YOU think? Is aleph_0 even or
odd, and is it prime?
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Smiles,

Tony
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