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by dlkf 816 days ago
> Literally any definition of something infinite can always be reduced to a procedure that recursively transforms or observes some prior state.

You can’t generate R this way. This is a consequence of Cantor’s proof.

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Sure you can. Generate all 1 digit numbers, then generate all 2 digit numbers and so forth. Which number won't be generated?