Dear Bruno,
when I looked at the set-analysis it immediately popped up that {1,3} was
missing, - YET - this *fantastic<G>* discovery of mine did not bring me
closer to the idea "what are numbers".
It seems I can win the battle and still lose the war.
JohnOn Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:05 PM, m.a. <[email protected]> wrote: > *Here's my third try. I'll continue working on the (power x) problem. > m.a.* > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: The seven step series > > > On 08 Jul 2009, at 15:43, m.a. wrote: > > *Second try:* > > (power {1, 2, 3}) = ? *{{ }, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}}* > ** > > * Third try: * > ** > * = {{ }, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, > {2,3}, {1,2,3}, {{ },1,2,3}}* > This is far better! Not yet correct though. > > I gave you the hint that there are 8 elements. Let us count: > > The empty set { } ..................................1 > Three singletons {1}, {2}, {3}................3 > Two doubletons {1,2 }, {2,3 }................2 > The biggest subset {1,2,3}..................1 > > 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 7 > > A subset is missing! Can you see which one? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
