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Re: Problems with Infinity?
Posted:
Feb 26, 2013 6:57 AM
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Don Kuenz wrote:
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> Answering my own question, Cantor's conjectures concern set theory and
> only tangentially touch on the infinities of complex variables. Using
> beginner's language, Cantor uses two sets to define two levels of
> infinity. One set, Aleph-0, holds countable infinity. The other set,
> Aleph-1, holds continuum infinity,
That the cardinality of the continuum (c = 2^{aleph_0}) is equal to
aleph_1 is Cantor's continuum hypothesis which modern set theory settles
neither one way nor the other.
> which includes Aleph-0, along with
> every possible arrangement of Aleph-0. The infinities of complex
> variables belong to both sets, as does every other common infinity
> found in mathematical literature.
Surely not.
> That's the sole connection between
> Cantor's continuum hypothesis and complex variables.
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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