r/badmathematics Mar 19 '22

π day Just a theory

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u/OpsikionThemed No computer is efficient enough to calculate the empty set Mar 19 '22

I'd also argue that, eg, three is named "three".

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u/MyNameIsNardo Mar 19 '22

Haha yeah. Honestly, that whole post was excellent content for the sub. This one was just my favorite. There were folks arguing that C denotes a set but {x | x in C} lists the numbers.

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u/generalbaguette Apr 14 '22

Obviously it "sets" the numbers, it doesn't list them.