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Re: passing a set of numbers to a function

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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> John Harris […] writes:
>> […] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn […] wrote:
>>> Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>>   The nature of these values depends on the chose of a
>>>>   method to implement sets. Since it is difficult or impossible
>>>>   to write a general implementation that implements all
>>>>   properties of the mathematical concept, […]
>>> It may be difficult, but how did you get the idea that it would be
>>> impossible?
>> I think he may be referring to the difficulty of implementing infinite
>> sets. A computer program can only implement small finite sets (small
>> relative to a googolplex).
> 
> Computer programs can implement infinite sets though only very few of
> them (even fewer, compared to how many there are, than for finite sets).

AFAICS there is no intrinsic limit as to the implementation of infinite sets 
(you just need a flexible enough data model to define them), however it 
appears to be non-trivial to implement operations on some of them, for 
example to determine if an item is an element of such a set.

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passing a set of numbers to a function Matheus Suffi <matheus.suffi40@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 04:45 -0800
  Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-25 10:51 -0300
  Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-29 03:57 +0100
    Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2016-01-28 23:19 -0800
      Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-29 10:09 +0000
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-29 10:20 +0000
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-29 12:23 +0000
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-29 14:50 +0000
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-29 16:11 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-30 10:10 +0000
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 08:35 -0800
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-30 10:34 +0000
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-30 18:53 -0800
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-31 14:50 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-31 09:56 -0800
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-02-01 11:02 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-01 18:10 -0800
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-29 09:38 -0800
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-29 20:17 +0000
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-29 20:08 +0100
    Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-29 10:32 -0300
      Re: passing a set of numbers to a function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-29 14:53 +0100
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 06:26 -0800
    Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-29 14:19 +0000
      Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 08:38 -0800
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-29 13:54 -0300
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 10:11 -0800
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-29 15:38 -0300
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2016-01-29 20:13 +0100
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-29 20:46 +0100
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-29 16:59 -0300
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2016-02-12 12:03 +0100
  Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-02 11:18 +0100
    Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-02-02 12:31 -0300
    Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-02-04 10:42 +0000
      Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-04 15:38 +0000
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-04 17:33 +0100
          Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-04 16:19 -0800
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 14:06 +0100
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 05:45 -0800
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-05 14:34 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-05 15:42 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 16:04 +0100
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 10:48 -0800
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 04:50 +0100
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-02-06 10:05 -0800
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 23:30 +0100
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 17:32 -0800
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-05 14:13 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-05 17:15 +0000
            Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 05:19 -0800
              Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-05 13:43 +0000
                Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 06:08 -0800
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-04 20:25 +0000
        Re: passing a set of numbers to a function John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-02-05 10:51 +0000

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