Definitions
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- adverb In a
countable manner; in a way that can becounted . - adverb mathematics In a way that can be put into one-to-one
correspondence with the naturalnumbers or any subset thereof.
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Examples
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These sets can all be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; they are called countably infinite.
Skolem's Paradox Bays, Timothy 2009
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For all intents and purposes, it is countably infinite.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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For example, it certainly depends on whether your set of trials is countably infinite or uncountably infinite (in other words the cardinality of your set of trials).
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If you sample countably infinitely many times from a normal distribution, you will almost certainly not get the (exact integer) number 1 infinitely many times.
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For all intents and purposes, it is countably infinite.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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If we have the case of a countably infinite number of independent infinitesimal generators, we still arrive at certain, profound, dependencies.
Special Post: Noether’s First Theorem – Emmy Noether for Ada Lovelace Day 2010
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If we have the case of a countably infinite number of independent infinitesimal generators, we still arrive at certain, profound, dependencies.
Special Post: Noether’s First Theorem – Emmy Noether for Ada Lovelace Day 2010
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For all intents and purposes, it is countably infinite.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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If we have the case of a countably infinite number of independent infinitesimal generators, we still arrive at certain, profound, dependencies.
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For all intents and purposes, it is countably infinite.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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