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Topic: The Center of Mass of all Rational Numbers
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Tim Little

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Re: The Center of Mass of all Rational Numbers
Posted: May 17, 2010 1:54 AM
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On 2010-05-17, mirifici <arithmonic@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Arithmetic mean of all rational numbers = 3/2

The set of all rational numbers has no arithmetic mean,

> Harmonic Mean of all rational numbers = 1/ (arithmetic mean) = 2/3

nor does it have a harmonic mean,

> Geometric Mean of all rational numbers = 1

and no geometric mean either.


- Tim



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