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Patrick (Guest)
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May-18-01, 07:01 AM (EST)
 
"Infinite series"
 
   What is wrong with this??? Surely something must be??
Consider:
1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ..... > 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2.....(This is well known
> 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4.....
This implies:
1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ..... > 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + .....
i.e, it is greater than itself!!!
LHS has infinite size aleph-nought, so does RHS!!
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alexb
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May-18-01, 07:04 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Infinite series"
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   Which of the two inequalities is in your view well known? I am confused.

Far as I am concerned, the left one is an outright nonsense.


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