Re: Cantor Confusion

mueckenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have understood the concept and its failure. (That is the parallel
between those who have not yet arrived and those who have already left:
Both are not there.)

What failure? THe concept of infinite sets has lead to the theory of real and complex numbers, of integration and ultimately to theoretical physics which as made possible the computer on which you spew your nonsense internationally.

By their fruits ye shall know them. Mathematics based on infinite sets has produced useful and even indispensible results. Try getting modern physics without it.

Bob Kolker
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