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Matheology § 203
Posted:
Jan 29, 2013 3:33 AM
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"All" and "every" in impredicative statements about infinite sets.
Consider the following statements:
A) For every natural number n, P(n) is true.
B) There does not exist a natural number n such that P(n) is false.
C) For all natural numbers P is true.
A implies B but A does not imply C.
Examples for A:
1) For every n in N, there is m in N with n < m.
2) For every n in N, the set (1, 2, ..., n) is finite.
3) For every n in N, the construction of the first n nodes of the
Binary Tree adds n paths to the Bibary Tree.
4) For every n in N, the anti-diagonal of a Cantor-list is not in the
lines L_1 to L_n.
Regards, WM
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