Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] James McCanney and the prime numbers

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:

> After reading a little more about Cantor, I think there are many reasons 
> why crazy people would attack him.  Just look at the second paragraph here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor

That is exactly right.  There is something remarkably counter-intuitive 
about Cantor's theory about the infinite.  However his ideas are 
definitely now a major part of mainstream mathematics, and are typically 
taught in the first week or so of a standard graduate math program.

The core of Cantor's argument is more or less the same as the core of 
Godel's argument, and is basically a variation of the famous liar paradox.

Stephen

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