From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/2615 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Galchin Vasili Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Cantor set/cantor dust and constructivism Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:37:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241018779 4999 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:26:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:26:19 +0000 (UTC) To: cat group Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Tue Mar 23 14:41:12 2004 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:41:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.10) id 1B5qnn-0001lu-00 for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:39:03 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 37 Original-Lines: 11 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:2615 Archived-At: Hello, This question is a little bit afield; however, it is still tied in with intuitionistic logic. On my Linux machine, I have a screensaver that is a three-dimensional of a Cantor set. A Cantor set has prescription or algorithm as to how we "calculate" or build it. Question: From a constructivist viewpoint though, can we ever realize the actual object which is infinite? Regards, Bill Halchin