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> The fact that we can only write down only countably many expressions for numbers doesn't mean that there are numbers that we may never write expressions for

Yes it does: there are countably many numbers we can define, and the reals are uncountable, therefore there are uncountably many numbers that cannot be defined.

parent surement 9 years ago

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