From owner-cvs-all Fri Mar 2 21:54:25 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9F237B719; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:54:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14Z4yo-0003ic-00; Sat, 03 Mar 2001 05:53:22 +0000 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 05:53:22 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Clive Lin , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules Message-ID: <20010303055322.O412@hand.dotat.at> References: <200103011801.f21I1VW48363@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010302033532.A69557@cartier.cirx.org> <20010302033532.A69557@cartier.cirx.org>; <20010301234712.A47820@mollari.cthul.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010301234712.A47820@mollari.cthul.hu> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kris Kennaway wrote: > >They both take their name from the Hebrew letter Aleph and the >subscript 1, which is the notation for the mathematical concept of an >uncountable infinity -- as opposed to a countable infinity ("aleph >null"), i.e. an infinite set you can pair up with the natural numbers >1, 2, 3, ... . The integers (..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...) are an example >of a countably infinite set, whereas the real numbers are an example >of an uncountably infinite set. Actually I believe that it is still unproven whether or not the cardinality of the real numbers is aleph one or not. However IANAM... Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at TRAFALGAR: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message