Re: Cantor Confusion

mueckenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

*** T. Winter schrieb:

Do they define sets as allowed to grow? Not in the quote you supply.
There they talk about set valued variables that can grow.

No. X and Y do not grow, they remain "X" and "Y". The set they denote
does grow. The number of EC states may be n. "n" does not grow. The
number denoted by "n" does grow.

What do you mean by the 'the number denoted by "n" does grow'?
Currently the number of EC states is 25. In a month it will be 27.
Does that mean 25 is going to grow into 27? Will 25 no longer exist?
Or will 25 now mean 27? What do you mean by 'the number denoted by "25" does
grow'?

The idea that 25 is ever going to be anything but 25 is absolutely ridiculous.
The idea that a set ever changes is equally ridiculous.

Stephen
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