Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!grunwald From: grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Pedantic Question - (nf) Message-ID: <5777@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 03:29:43 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5777 Posted: Tue Feb 21 03:29:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 07:06:01 EST Lines: 14 #R:uiuccsb:9700020:uiuccsb:9700021:000:362 uiuccsb!grunwald Feb 21 00:40:00 1984 The definition of Peano numbers seems to be somewhat circular and not really conclusive. Where is the leap where it states that strings of digits must be finite length? Or perhaps by "subset," you mean "strict subset" and not "subset or the entire set?" Dirk Grunwald University of Illinois USENET : ihnp4 ! uiucdcs ! grunwald CSNET : grunwald.uiuc@Rand-Relay