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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: April 03 2016,10:15   

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MungApril 2, 2016 at 4:30 pm
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Therefore there is no largest integer

Therefore there are an infinite number of integers.

How do you get from “therefore there is no largest integer” to “therefore there are an infinite number of integers.”

I’m not sure that the statement that there is an infinite number of ‘x’ is even coherent. Shouldn’t we say that ‘x’ is without number, that ‘x’ cannot be numbered?


Mung will not be winning the Fields Medal anytime soon.

Edited by stevestory on April 03 2016,11:15

   
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