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- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
Because the sets which appear on the rows in the new list are different from the old list.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
That proof has to be modified for the new list. When modified appropriately, it works just fine. I don't see a problem.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
Absolutely. I think that has been established some time ago, hasn't it? Why but? It doesn't contradict anything, does it?- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
The answer is in this statement: This statement means that for every natural number there is a row in the list. That row, by construction, contains that number. Consequently, every natural number is present in some row in the list.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "list of each set". What I see in your last presentation is a list of rows. Each row contains a number and a set. Each set contains one number. For example, the third row contains the number 3 and the set {3}. The set {3} contains one number, namely, 3. There is nothing else in this set. An arbitrary n-th row contains the number n and the set {n}. The set {n} contains one and only one number, the number n, and nothing else.- What is beyond death
Yes, but not in my case.- What is beyond death
- The Periodic Table
Is it a Haiku? Nice periodic table I am Learn easily Understand- The sum of the series
- A grid and a shape
OK then. Consider the other challenge: prove that it is impossible. IOW, prove that any shape with area <1 can be placed on the plane without touching the grid.- Find the numerical value
Hint: if you think to take the cube of this expression, you are on the right track.- How far into the future do we care? And why?
This is a short-term future, isn't it?- Humanity, Post Humanity, A.I & Aliens
However, as of today, there is no intelligence in "artificial intelligence". It is marketing gimmick. See for example, There’s no such thing as Artificial Intelligence – Australian Data Science Education Institute (adsei.org). Some quotes:- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
I wouldn't say in this case, "as n goes to infinity", because n doesn't "go" at all here, but rather is one arbitrary member of the set / sequence. Also, the expression, "for all n element of N", doesn't make sense to me in this case. One could write that there is mapping from the set N to set of rows such that every n in N is mapped to a row {1,2,3, ..., n}. See, e.g., Mapping | mathematics | Britannica.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
If we will continue the discussion of my proof that the set S is not in the list, the following clarification of the list might help: l=1 L={1} l=2 L={1, 2} l=3 L={1, 2, 3} l=4 L={1, 2, 3, 4} ... Or, equivalently: l=1, L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤1} l=2, L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤2} l=3, L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤3} l=4, L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤4} ...- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
The last two lines above are wrong. The set on the line 5 in your list is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. This is the set L for l=5, i.e., L = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
L does not have to be in S, and it not in S. L is a set on a line in your list. Each line in your list has a set. L is one of these sets, the one on the line number l.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
No, l is not a sequence. It is a number. It is a number of some line in your list. We don't know which line it is, thus we call it l.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
L is not a line in S. L is a set on a line number l in your list. If this is clear, I'll go to the second question.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
It is not 1, it is l (the letter): L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤l}- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
I don't know what you mean in the second statement, but here is a proof that this set is not there. Let's define the set: S = {x| x∈N & x≥1} Let's assume that the set S is in the list. Then there is a line, l, in the list with this set on it. The set on line l is: L = {x| x∈N & x≥1 & x≤l} But L ≠ S which contradicts the assumption. Thus, S in not in the list.- Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
This is wrong, i.e., not every possible set of increasing natural numbers (that increase by 1 starting from 1) is there. The set {1, 2, 3, 4, ...} is a possible set of increasing natural numbers (that increase by 1 starting from 1), and it is not there.- Puzzle for the Day
I got a simple solution, perhaps the one you have in mind:- Spooky experiences
These facts: my father died on my daughter's birthday, and my son was born on my mother's birthday. - Confusion with finite sets vs an infinite set of natural numbers
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