Re: Probability in an infinite sample space

Han de Bruijn wrote:

The infinitesimal is defined _before_ you take the limit. It disappears
_after_ you have taken the limit. It becomes zero then, remember? Don't
take limits with infinitesimals that have already vanished. Dangerous !

The Probability in an infinite sample space is an infinitesimal. Waiting
for the limit to be taken, for n->oo. Then Pa,n) = floor(n/a)/n . Bingo!
_Now_ take the limit and P(a) = 1/a .

Han de Bruijn

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