The impossible math problem...

keller · Apr 22, 2006

But where do you add the people? Remember this isn't just a bunch of numbers...its based on the idea that they are real people, occupying real rooms. How do you slot the extra infinity people into the extra infinity rooms?

nvr2low · Apr 22, 2006

first come first serve, as they come in the rooms fill up. you never run out of rooms

Unimaxium · Apr 22, 2006

I've heard that problem before. Just move everybody into the room number that's twice their current room number, and put every new guest in the odd-numbered rooms.

slickhare · Apr 22, 2006

*cries in a corner* why o why? make the voices stop! :madass:

Andrea K · Apr 23, 2006

I'm still stuck on

=7/3...i just don't know where to start

thebeginning · Apr 23, 2006

clarinetJWD said:
it's either j or i depending on if you're a mathematition or an engineer. Now find me the Fourier Transform of this function: x(t)=e^(-|t-1|)

it's i as far as I know.

Alpha · Apr 23, 2006

Are there more numbers between 0 and 1, or between 1 and 2?

thebeginning · Apr 23, 2006

mmmm are you meaning integers? on the integer scale, no. in float terms, yes.

unless that is some trick question, you dog

Unimaxium · Apr 23, 2006

thebeginning said:
in float terms, yes.

how do you figure? There should be infinite numbers between both 1 and 2 and 0 and 1.

thebeginning · Apr 23, 2006

exactly. isn't that what the term 'float' entails? i.e. floats between 1 and 2 could be 1.1124366 or 1.809938, etc. Basically anything in beween.

i may (and most likely) have something wrong in there...i'm not really a big math buff - i got good grades but couldn't retain much for long periods of time

Pre-Loved. · Apr 24, 2006

I love maths....my awful day is suddenly bright!...

Unimaxium · Apr 24, 2006

thebeginning said:
exactly. isn't that what the term 'float' entails? i.e. floats between 1 and 2 could be 1.1124366 or 1.809938, etc. Basically anything in beween.

i may (and most likely) have something wrong in there...i'm not really a big math buff - i got good grades but couldn't retain much for long periods of time

Right. In float terms, there are infinitely many numbers between 0 and 1, as well as between 1 and 2. But the original question asked if there were more numbers between one or the other. You said there are, but there aren't. It's infinity for both. ;-)