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>From: nickh+@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines)
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Subject: Re: Grasping concepts... is it polite?
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Date: 7 Jan 92 00:28:26 GMT
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|> >|> >
|> >|> -- No, aleph_0^aleph_0 = 2^aleph_0 = c
|> >
|> >Isn't that the continuum hypothesis?
|> 
|> -- No, the Continuum Hypothesis is that c = aleph_1, i.e., that there is NO
|>    cardinal number which lies strictly between aleph_0 and c.

Oops. Of course I knew this. Put it down to jetlag.

Nick
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