Category: Mathematics

  • Multinomial Coefficient — the Derivation is Incoherent

    Multinomial Coefficient — the Derivation is Incoherent

    If we are doing a full list of all the permutations for the entire set of n=9 spaces… then, if we interrupt the process, and consider 1 instance of bin 2 — 1 of the $9*8*7$ instances that we will ultimately have overall — then it is indeed true that, at this point in the overall…

  • Cantor’s Diagonalisation Argument is Invalid

    Cantor’s Diagonalisation Argument is Invalid

    There are several reasons to be suspicious of this argument. One is that it is perfectly coherent to have a complete list of the real numbers… . … Another is that the proof is a reductio ad absurdum that seems to contradict *itself*… . Another is that it works even if there is no claim…