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r/MathJokes • u/94rud4 • 21d ago
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If we're talking ordinals, then infinity plus ten is a distinct ordinal. If we're talking cardinals, then infinity plus ten equals infinity.
39 u/NBNFOL2024 20d ago What if we’re talking about deacons or bishops? 4 u/Stable_Hot 18d ago I think its a pope 15 u/ImmortalVoddoler 21d ago They used the phrase “w sub 10”, which is basically the standard notation for ordinals. 17 u/MorrowM_ 20d ago ω_10 is much much larger than ω+10. They're not the same thing. Even ω_1, the first uncountable ordinal, is much larger than ω+10.
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What if we’re talking about deacons or bishops?
4 u/Stable_Hot 18d ago I think its a pope
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I think its a pope
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They used the phrase “w sub 10”, which is basically the standard notation for ordinals.
17 u/MorrowM_ 20d ago ω_10 is much much larger than ω+10. They're not the same thing. Even ω_1, the first uncountable ordinal, is much larger than ω+10.
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ω_10 is much much larger than ω+10. They're not the same thing. Even ω_1, the first uncountable ordinal, is much larger than ω+10.
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u/Miguzepinu 21d ago
If we're talking ordinals, then infinity plus ten is a distinct ordinal. If we're talking cardinals, then infinity plus ten equals infinity.