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Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 20:19:23 2021 No.12577687 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12578096

In mathematics, what is a set?
Wikipedia is not very helpful.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 20:23:34 No.12577709 Report

Quoted By: >>12577966

A set is just a closed bag full of a certain thing.
Some sets are infinite like the set of all numbers, others aren't like the set of 1 and 2

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 20:24:37 No.12577721 Report

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Also we have a stupid question general you know

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:16:50 No.12577966 Report

Quoted By: >>12578006

>>12577709
How can a closed bag contain an infinite number of things? What does that even mean?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:27:03 No.12578006 Report

Quoted By: >>12578029 >>12578179

>>12577966
>this bag has all the integers
integers are infinite

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:31:23 No.12578029 Report

Quoted By: >>12578037 >>12578044

>>12578006
1 is an integer. How the fuck is 1 infinite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:32:59 No.12578037 Report

Quoted By: >>12578044

>>12578029
0.999...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:34:42 No.12578044 Report

Quoted By: >>12578121

>>12578029
aaaall the integers anon, all of them. Are you serious. The set of all integers is infinite.
>>12578037
then it wouldn't be an integer

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:39:00 No.12578077 Report

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an array of numbers

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:40:34 No.12578089 Report

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a stream of information

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Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:41:40 No.12578096 Report

Quoted By: >>12578129

>>12577687
Any unordered collection of objects.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:45:41 No.12578121 Report

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>>12578044
How can all the integers be infinite if not even 1 is infinite? What the fuck are you talking about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:46:47 No.12578129 Report

Quoted By: >>12578136

>>12578096
So is the collection of all ants on earth a set?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:48:41 No.12578136 Report

Quoted By: >>12578215

>>12578129
If you are able to define "ant" mathematically, then yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:54:19 No.12578179 Report

Quoted By: >>12578204

>>12578006
if the bag is closed how do we know its contents?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 21:59:09 No.12578204 Report

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>>12578179
yes it's defined what it contains

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Jan 2021 22:01:36 No.12578215 Report

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>>12578136
The collection of all mathematical objects. Is that a set?

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