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gosub
5488 days ago
there are no uninteresting numbers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interesting_number_paradox
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tlb
5488 days ago
Only applies to integers. Most real numbers are not interesting.
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philh
5488 days ago
Unless you assume the well-ordering principle.
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btilly
5488 days ago
That only makes them interesting relative to a given well-ordering. Since nobody knows the details of any well-ordering of the real numbers, this severely limits the interestingness of a given real number.
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