Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00147)

Gee Bart.  Charles Seife states clearly in his book that the rational number
occupy no space on the number line and gives what seems to little ole
uneducated me to be a good proof.

Please see page 156 in ZERO, BIOGRAPHY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA.

"How big are the rational numbers?  The take up no space at all. It's a
tough concept to swallow, but it's true."



Thanks for the feedback.  This is fun! Please help me understand how if one
measures in radians one will have a rational number.  How can one ever
measure and come up with an absolutely precise number?

Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com>
To: theos-talk@theosophy.com <theos-talk@theosophy.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Mathematics, Spinoza, Leibniz


>Eugene Carpenter wrote:
>
>> This stuff about numbers is super cool.
>>
>> I have recently learned(Zero, Biography of a Dangerous Idea, by Seife)
that
>> rational numbers occupy zero space on the number line! The irrationals
>> occupy most, if not all, of the number line!
>
>    Of course, the rational numbers also occupy an infinite amount of space
on
>the number line.
>
>> Also, all measurments in science, of matter, are irrational numbers!(same
>> source)
>
>    Not if you measure in radians.
>
>    Bart Lidofsky
>
>
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