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Subject: Sets

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An Atheist

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Date Posted: 21:28:30 07/11/01 Wed
In reply to: Flannel 's message, "Response." on 14:55:10 07/11/01 Wed

"the number 1 may be a subset of infinity"

The problem with this statment here is that the number '1' is not a set, it's an integer. Likewise, "infinity" is not a set either. You can have the set containing one, {1}, the set containing infinity, {infinity}, or an infinitly long set {1,2,3...} (the set containing all positive integers). Flannel here is just confusing his terms.

To fix this statment, you could say - the set containing one {1} is a subset of some infinite set. Just be careful not to confuse numbers with sets.

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