Re: Calculus XOR Probability

Han de Bruijn wrote:
cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

What does surprise me is that you don't see the obvious parallel
between my reasoning that since lim (n*(2/n))=2, therefore the diagonal
has length 2; and your reasoning that since the lim (n*(1/n))=1, that
therefore there must exist a uniform distribution on the naturals.

Since you seem to be in desperate need of a nonsense argument, I'll give
you one.

<snip amusing silliness>


End of nonsense argument.

But, according to Randy Poe and Robert Low, it is _valid_, because as
a physicist, I "meant" to say something different ...


What does your reply have to do with lim (n*(2/n)) = 2 implies the
length of the diagonal = 2, or that lim (n*1/n)=1 implies a uniform
distribution over the naturals?

Can you explain why the former reasoning is incorrect, and yet the
latter is correct?

Cheers - Chas

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