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I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

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[–] foyrkopp 26 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Neither is bigger. Even "∞ x ∞" is not bigger than "∞". Classical mathematics sort of break down in the realm of infinity.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was probably mentioned in other comments, but some infinities are "larger" than others. But yes, the product of the two with the same cardinal number will have the same

[–] Pipoca 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, uncountably infinite sets are larger than countably infinite sets.

But these are both a countably infinite number of bills. They're the same infinity.

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