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Old 10-08-2005, 07:43 PM
pzhon pzhon is offline
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Default Re: Drawing Randomly from an Infinite Set

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gintron: He is technically correct because of how mathematics defines infinite sets. The set of all multiples of 10 is the same size as the set of naturals.

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UATrewqaz: The answer is "yes" because technically there are not "more" non-prime than prime numbers in the set.

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This point that both of you made does not have the conclusion that you seem to think it does. It still does not make sense to say that you are equally likely to draw a prime number as you are to draw an odd number. Please read what rufus and BruceZ wrote.
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