Counting systems and the First Hilbert problem
General Mathematics
2012-03-20 v1
Abstract
The First Hilbert problem is studied in this paper by applying two instruments: a new methodology distinguishing between mathematical objects and mathematical languages used to describe these objects; and a new numeral system allowing one to express different infinite numbers and to use these numbers for measuring infinite sets. Several counting systems are taken into consideration. It is emphasized in the paper that different mathematical languages can describe mathematical objects (in particular, sets and the number of their elements) with different accuracies. The traditional and the new approaches are compared and discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.4141,
title = {Counting systems and the First Hilbert problem},
author = {Yaroslav D. Sergeyev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4141},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
16 pages, no figures