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Countable (Infinite Bugs)

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

Complaining that someone's software has infinitely many bugs, a user gets a cheerful correction: only countably many, the smallest kind of infinity.

Transcript

"Ugh. Your software has, like, infinite bugs." "Yes, but only countably many!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-countable/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Sets & Infinity › Countable SetsSets & Infinity › Countable vs. Uncountable
Level
College
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TechnologyWork & Jobs