[*BCM*] tangential math discussion
Dimitri Kountourogianni
dimitrik at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 18:38:22 EDT 2006
Infinity seems both even and odd to me. Alexander must have infinitely many arms. :)
-Dimitri
Here's an infinite set: (smallest size of infinity - aleph-0)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...
Here's that set divided into two pieces both of the same size:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ...
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...
Here's one thing taken away from that set and then the result divided into two
equal pieces:
1
3, 5, 7, 9, ...
2, 4, 6, 8, ...
David Hammond wrote:
> But it’s always positive…. ;-)
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> Infinity is neither even nor odd.
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> -Bill
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> My two cents
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>>(1) Alexander the Great was a great general.
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>>(2) Great generals are forewarned.
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>>(3) Forewarned is forearmed.
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>>(4) Four is an even number.
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>>(5) Four is certainly an odd number of arms for a man to have.
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>>(6) The only number that is both even and odd is infinity.
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>>Therefore, Alexander the Great had an infinite number of arms.
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