Re: Numbers

From: Hal Ruhl <HalRuhl.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:04:31 -0500

Hi Quentin:

I do not see that at all. All that has been
demonstrated is that a list can be so mapped not
that such a mapping must exist. The list can still be first.

Hal Ruhl


At 02:37 PM 3/12/2006, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Le Dimanche 12 Mars 2006 20:11, Hal Ruhl a écrit :
> > Lists and numbers:
> >
> > My model's only assumption [I think] is a countably infinite list of
> > possible properties of objects.
>
>For a list to have the property of being countably infinite require that
>natural numbers exist before... because being countably infinite means that
>you have a 1-1 mapping between the list and the set N.
>
>Quentin
>


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