Re: [OT] How many integers?
Hello Matt:
> Igor Kachan wrote:
>
> > I say, Russian is better for such the things 
> > We say "power of a set", not "size of a set".
>
> If I were being correct, I really should have said
> the "cardinality of the set."
> To my [native speaking american-english] ear, "size"
> sounds better than "power".
> (Plus my "proof" actually contains a lot of hand
> waving that might not be clear to someone not
> familiar with set theory.)
> ...and then Igor wrote:
> > Then, Russians say "multitude" or "host", not "set".
> > So, "power of the normal integers host" forces to think
> > about infinity first of all.
> > And "host" itself may be small - as "set" is something
> > small first of all.
>
> "Power of the normal integers host" sounds like you're
> talking about an army or something to me. :)
Ok, try "Power of the normal integers multitude" 
> Then again, the "power of the host" of
> Russian words I know is a very small number.
What a problem? Learn Russian and you'll be all set.
Do you see that famous "set" again?
"multitude" is much more clear term for this subject.
Russian is Russian, no?
> > Russian is good for such the things, isn't it?
Do you see Russian is really good?
> Well, I've heard that you guys have some pretty sharp
> mathematicians, so I won't disagree with you
> (though IMHO it was a Frenchman who was probably the
> greatest pioneer in this area--Cauchy--so I wonder
> what the French would say?).
This is a German source, Cantor's theory,
he was the first setman-hostman-multitudeman
> Guess it's another case of imperfect translations.
Yes, my "host", "power", "multitude" are just the
reverse translation of that Cantor's theory terms
from Russian into English.
> I still like english, BTW. :p
>
> Matt Lewis
Ok, and I still like Russian, BTW. :b
Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru
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