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Equinunerous Sets (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

consider two sets: set a and set b. both set a and b contain all horses, ane nothing else. they are always equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure, but does the set of all sets that don't include themselves include itself?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Easy. If and only if the integer sequence A053169 contains the number 53169

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yesn't.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

set a contains all horses. set b contains all ponysonas

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Gotcha. So all horses are purple?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

But how can set b contain all of the horses if they're already in set a???