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Re:The Hilbert Hotel by benmathes on Monday May 10, 2010 @02:18AM (#1333720)
It doesn't require binary representation at all. You can write down all the numbers in any base and the argument still holds.
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Re:The Hilbert Hotel by stanleydrew on Monday May 10, 2010 @02:37AM (#1333742)
Yes, clearly. I just find it interesting that in his original diagonal argument proof he chose the decimal representation.
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Re:The Hilbert Hotel by stanleydrew on Monday May 10, 2010 @10:38AM (#1334523)
Edit: binary not decimal.
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