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A simple one
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RE: A simple one
February 18, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Indeed. Using set notation:

R = Set of real numbers.
Z = Set of integers (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...)

|x| = Number of values in set x.

We get:

|R| = ∞
|Z| = ∞

Yet |R| > |Z| (it's bigger by a factor of ∞ precisely)
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A simple one

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A simple one - by Darwinian - February 18, 2010 at 6:20 pm
RE: A simple one - by fr0d0 - February 18, 2010 at 7:49 pm
RE: A simple one - by Darwinian - February 18, 2010 at 7:51 pm
RE: A simple one - by Tiberius - February 18, 2010 at 7:56 pm
RE: A simple one - by theVOID - February 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm
RE: A simple one - by Tiberius - February 18, 2010 at 8:08 pm
RE: A simple one - by Zhalentine - February 20, 2010 at 1:27 pm
RE: A simple one - by Darwinian - February 20, 2010 at 1:33 pm
RE: A simple one - by Tiberius - February 21, 2010 at 9:49 am
RE: A simple one - by Welsh cake - February 21, 2010 at 6:12 am
RE: A simple one - by tackattack - February 21, 2010 at 10:25 am
RE: A simple one - by Darwinian - February 21, 2010 at 10:30 am
RE: A simple one - by Tiberius - February 21, 2010 at 11:04 am
RE: A simple one - by Darwinian - February 21, 2010 at 11:10 am
RE: A simple one - by Zhalentine - February 22, 2010 at 11:33 am

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