I guess I never did maths advanced enough to find out about blue-footed numbers.
ETA: reference
t /obscure
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Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 10, 2005 9:41:28 am PST #322 of 10001
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SailAweigh - Jan 10, 2005 9:41:31 am PST #323 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm wondering how it ended up in this thread...
Because we have brainy boobies that can kill you?
beathen - Jan 10, 2005 9:48:05 am PST #324 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
They must be evil twins. (unlike The Evil Twins named Mary-Kate & Ashley)
DavidS - Jan 10, 2005 10:01:52 am PST #325 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
obscure
Not so obscure that it wasn't referenced on this board, this very day.
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KernelM - Jan 10, 2005 10:03:15 am PST #326 of 10001
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eta²: There are infinitely many integers > 0, but there are infinitely many real numbers between 0 and 1. So the number of real numbers is a higher order infinity (or something) than the number of integers.
Yes, there are more real numbers than integers, but that argument doesn't really work. There's also infinitely many rational numbers between 0 and 1, but in fact there are an equal number of integers and rational numbers.
Also? What would transcendental or surreal boobies be like? Discrete/continuous/differentiable/analytic boobies?
-t - Jan 10, 2005 10:07:14 am PST #327 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Do you want me to explain why there are more real numbers than integers? 'Cause I'll do it, don't think I won't.
SailAweigh - Jan 10, 2005 10:08:53 am PST #328 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
What would transcendental or surreal boobies be like? Discrete/continuous/differentiable/analytic boobies?
A boobie is a boobie is a boobie. Unless it's blue-footed and then it's a bird.
victor infante - Jan 10, 2005 10:09:05 am PST #329 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm wondering how it ended up in this thread...
Well, you know, once the boobies invade, you can never go back. Take Janet Jackson, for example...
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2005 10:10:24 am PST #330 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wanna see this:
in fact there are an equal number of integers and rational numbers.
explained. Because it seems to me that the set of all integers would be a non-trivial subset of the set of all rational numbers.
eta: Oh, I found a proof: [link]
eta2: It says
The set Q of all rational numbers is equivalent to the set N of all integers.
Does "equivelent" here mean the same thing as "there are an equal number"? I don't think so....
KernelM - Jan 10, 2005 10:25:46 am PST #331 of 10001
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Whew, saved me from typing out a whole lot of stuff. They're just using lazy notation. Usually, equivalent in mathematics means isomorphic, which has different meanings in different contexts.
Now, if you really want to get your mind blown, look at the Banach-Tarski Paradox or the Continuum Hypothesis.