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From: dennis@cadkey.com (Dennis Paul Himes)
Subject: Re: Procrustean linguistics (was: Ferengi Language)
Message-ID: <1994Nov15.190323.21147@cadkey.com>
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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 19:03:23 GMT
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In article <3a6n64$rrv@tardis.trl.OZ.AU> jbm@newsserver.trl.oz.au (Jacques Guy) writes:
>millert@grad.csee.usf.edu (Timothy Miller) writes:
>
>>No.  And even if you were close to correct, it would be alpha-omega.  But 
>>aleph-0, aleph-1 actually means something.
>
>>However, I'm not sure what that is.  Could someone tell me?
>
>Aleph-0 is the number of integers, aleph-1 the number of points on a line,
>aleph-2 the number of curves.

     If you assume the Continuum Hypothesis.

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