On 7/12/2022 8:32 AM, WM wrote:
> Jim Burns schrieb
> am Dienstag, 12. Juli 2022 um 07:22:35 UTC+2:
>> On 7/11/2022 2:37 PM, WM wrote:
>>> All endsegments have infinitely many elements in common
>>> with all their predecessors.
>>> This also holds for all infinite successors.
>>
>> No,
>> the set of elements in common with all end-segment
>> predecessors is not
>> the set of elements in common with all end-segment
>> successors.
>
> But both sets are infinite sets,
Also,
if elements exist which are in the intersection of
all _infinite_ end segments,
then _infinite_ end segments exist which are not in
the collection of all _infinite_ end segments.
Thus, no elements exist in the second set.
> and the set in common with all infinite successors
> is a subset of the set in common with al predecessors.
> That is very simple to see, because
> all sets are infinite and
> no element is added that was missing in E(1) = ℕ.
Yes,
no element ∉ ℕ is added to get {}
{} isn't infinite.
>> If elements exist which are _in_
>> the intersection of all end segments,
>> then end segments exist which are _not in_
>> the collection of all end segments.
>
> No element exists which is in the intersection of
> all endsegments,
> but infinitely many elements exist which are in
> the intersection of all infinite endsegments.
No.
If elements exist which are in the intersection of
all _infinite_ end segments,
then _infinite_ end segments exist which are not in
the collection of all _infinite_ end segments.
Thus, no elements exist in the intersection of
all _infinite_ end segments.
> Your proof that for every n
> there exists an endsegment not containing [n]
> holds only for all endsegments.
> It fails for infinitely many elements
> contained in _infinite_ endsegments.
I address your concern:
If elements exist which are in the intersection of
all _infinite_ end segments,
then _infinite_ end segments exist which are not in
the collection of all _infinite_ end segments.
ℕ = {definable} = ⋃ₙ{definer of n}
IE(n) = { j ∈ ℕ : j >= n }
n ∈ IE(n)
IE(n) ≠ {}
if
j ∈ IE(n)
then
j ∈ ℕ
j ∈ ⟨0...i,i+1...j⟩
j+1 ∈ ⟨0...i,i+1...j+1⟩
j+1 ∈ ℕ
j < j+1
j+1 ∈ IE(n)
IE(n) is an infinite end segment of ℕ
{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} is the collection of all
infinite end segments of ℕ
⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} is the intersection of all
infinite end segments of ℕ
| Assume m ∈ ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
|
| m ∈ ℕ
| ⟨0...i,i+1...m⟩ exists
|
| Define a split of ⟨0...i,i+1...m⟩ such that
| AFTER contains all j in ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
| BEFORE contains all j not-in ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
|
| Because ⟨0...i,i+1...m⟩ is a definer,
| some step i,i+1 exists such that
| i is last in BEFORE and
| i+1 is first in AFTER
|
| i+1 is in ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
| i+1 is in each infinite end segment in {IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
| However,
| i+1 is not in IE(i+2)
| Thus,
| IE(i+2) is not in {IE(n) ⊆ ℕ}
Therefore,
if ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} is not empty,
then {IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} does not hold all
infinite end segments.
However,
{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} holds all infinite end segments.
Contradiction.
Thus, ⋂ₙ{IE(n) ⊆ ℕ} is empty.
> It would really require a sleight of hand
> if all natnumbers could be deleted by endsegments
> which leave infinitely many natnumbers undeleted.
I have an idea of what we do which you might call
"sleight of hand". However, we are not concealing,
we are revealing infinitely-many.
We are finite. And yet we can know something is
true of each one of infinitely-many. How can this be?
Part of what we know comes from knowing what we are
talking about. We _know_ a right triangle is
a triangle with a right angle. We don't need to
know which one it is of infinitely-many in order to
know that.
Part of what we know (the newer, revealing part)
comes from NOT advancing to newer claims UNLESS
that advance is perfectly secure.
| What I'm not saying here:
| I'm not saying the older claims must be perfectly
| secure, only the advance itself must be.
|
| The envelop in my hand contains a geometric
| figure. The figure may or may not be a right
| triangle. If it's not, we would not be justified
| if we applied the Pythagorean theorem. If it is,
| we know that the theorem is correct in this case.
|
| I don't know if the envelop contains a right
| triangle. However, I know a fact about infinitely-
| -many right triangles. That's not everything,
| but it's a long way from nothing.