On 2010-06-19, Peter Webb <webbfamily@DIESPAMDIEoptusnet.com.au> wrote: > Take the list, determine the nth digit of the nth item, blah > blah. Remember, just as in Cantor's proof, you have to provide the > list first.
You don't get to "take the list" to compute the diagonal, as the list is an infinite object in contradiction to the requirement of "finite algorithm" in the definition of "computable real".