No. Infinitesimals are "explicitly not zero". — Banno
Rather, adding certain non-logical axioms results in contradictions — TonesInDeepFreeze
No, that's irony.
Still not seeing a paradox — Banno
Life's too short for this. 0.0001 is not an infinitesimal. — Banno
Answer the question instead of beating around the bush. — Agent Smith
I have a basic understanding of the continuum. Get on with it. Where's the paradox? — Banno
The paradox lies in the break-up of the continuum in points. If you get on with it a little harder you might see it. The distance between two points gets smaller and smaller. But there will always remain space between them. You can say it's defined like that, but it's non-coherent. — Hillary
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