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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watmath!undergrad.math.waterloo.edu!napier.uwaterloo.ca!k2cheung
  3. From: k2cheung@napier.uwaterloo.ca (William Cheung)
  4. Subject: transfinite real numbers? (...probably not. :( )
  5. Message-ID: <C0pD6I.Dx9@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
  6. Keywords: well defined?
  7. Sender: news@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu
  8. Organization: University of Waterloo
  9. Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:39:52 GMT
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  12. Dear netters,
  13.   As Cantor claimed, his transfinite numbers exist concretely. I wonder if
  14. a process similar to the construction of real number (e.g.Dedekind cut) can be
  15. extended.
  16.   Have fun, and thanks in advance.
  17. William Cheung
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