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To: editor-surveyor

You demonstrate that you don’t know much about the history of math. your comments are exactly wrong.

Until the discovery of irrational numbers, it was thought and religiously held that integers were enough, and that ratios of integers provided all the numbers that were needed. Eventually negative numbers were invented, effectively doubling the number system. Then imaginary number increased the available numbers again. Cantor drove himself mad considering the difference between countable and uncountable infinities.

Irrational numbers were discovered later. I recommend A Brief History of Mathematics by Ball.


529 posted on 12/09/2013 2:39:10 PM PST by donmeaker
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To: donmeaker
Enough of your deceptive babble!

There are sufficient prehistoric structures remaining to prove you and Ball to be idiots.

Liberals have such difficulty coming to grips with the fact that the ancients were vastly more intelligent than present day men. So they make up fantasies to puff themselves up. At least there are enough of their ilk out there to buy their ignorant books and keep the author out of the poor house.

Go here to find out how stupid you really are.

535 posted on 12/09/2013 3:11:46 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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