Re: Well Ordering the Reals

In article <MPG.1e00e19320aa2bc298a849@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tony Orlow <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David R Tribble said:

> > Indeed. Tony, I have two numbers:
> > a = 0:111...110
> > and
> > b = 0:111...110
> > but a is not equal to b. Which one is larger?
> >
> >
> The one with the larger limit point.

Give us a method for finding out which that is!

It is your system, TO, after all!
.

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