Re: Why real numbers and points can't model continuum
- From: mike3 <mike4ty4@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:46:51 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 20, 2:56 am, Venkat Reddy <vred...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<SNIP!!!>
The continuum is DEFINED as the set R of real numbers, and the
"points" in the continuum are DEFINED as the elements of that
set -- the real numbers. The real numbers can be defined in
a number of equivalent ways, and none of them seem to cause a
lot of trouble like you claim.
'Nuff said.
.
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