Day: August 22, 2019

The lore and lure of numbers   like strange fish

Infinities  of  different orders point
Like signposts on tbe hills where walkers pass
To  places where  just gods were pleased to haunt

The common sense reproach will ever taunt
Those who sail on other seas  unclassed
Infinities  of  different orders point

We are not the same in what we want
We have an image of our secret wish
In  places where the magic gods would haunt

In a  little line  we cannot count
The  many numbers  as they jostle past
Infinities  of  different orders want.

Do not be afraid, we were not taught
The lore and lure of numbers   like strange fish
In   little ponds where  gods  hung out to haunt

The goat herds counted   flocks and just with this
The transcendental numbers  fly up in a mass
Infinities  of  different orders point
To   numbers even G-d can never count

Different sizes of infinity

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-different-sizes-of-infinity-2013-11?r=US&IR=T

Extract

Infinity is a powerful concept. Philosophers, artists, theologians, scientists, and people from all walks of life have struggled with ideas of the infinite and the eternal throughout history.

Infinity is also an extremely important concept in mathematics. Infinity shows up almost immediately in dealing with infinitely large sets — collections of numbers that go on forever, like the natural, or counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on.

Infinite sets are not all created equal, however. There are actually many different sizes or levels of infinity; some infinite sets are vastly larger than other infinite sets.

 

She lied on the sofa

She lied on the sofa
No. she lay on the sofa.
She got laid on the sofa?
I think she did lie
She had allies  on the sofa
But did  she lie down?
Well,we can’t lie up.
Yet some lie their way up but you don’t need to lie to go down
Oh,I  shall have to lie down myself  but not on myself
I’ll lie low
Why,  are you hiding?
I just can’t lie.I am hiding from G-d
So your words are your song?
I like psalms without stings
Allah  is Lord
Songs without words.

That is the end of today’s lesson from Oxford UK

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