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  Re: Oi, Darren  
From: Darren New
Date: 11 Jul 2008 23:41:56
Message: <48782804$1@news.povray.org>
somebody wrote:
> And now the really fun part: Is there a subset of real numbers that is "more
> numerous" than intergers or rationals but less so than reals?

Apparently, in most maths, it's neither true nor false, but an axiom to 
be adopted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_hypothesis

(That's the *actual* answer to the question, methinks.)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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