Hi, thank you for your answer.
But then I have another question, N is usually said to contains positive
integer number from 0 to +infinity... but then it seems it should contains
infinite length integer number... but then you enter the problem I've shown,
so N shouldn't contains infinite length positive integer number. But if they
aren't natural number then as the set seems uncountable they are in fact
real number, but real number have a decimal point no ? so how N is
restricted to only finite length number (the set is also infinite) without
infinite length number ?
Thanks,
Quentin
On 7/13/06, Tom Caylor <Daddycaylor.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
>
> I think my easy answer is to say that infinite numbers are not in N. I
> like to think of it with a decimal point in front, to form a number
> between 0 and 1. Yes you have the rational numbers which eventually
> have a repeating pattern (or stop). But you also have in among them
> the irrational numbers which are uncountable. (Hey this reminds me of
> the fi among the Fi.)
>
> To ask what is the next number after an infinite number, like
> 11111...11111... is similar asking what is the next real number after
> 0.11111...11111...
>
> Tom
>
>
> >
>
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