21 December 2017 4 3K Report

The fundamental defects in present classical infinite related science system have decided the barber paradox (one of the members of Russell’s Paradox Family) is really an unavoidable and unsolvable problem for present classical set theory.

In present classical infinite related science system, it has been admited that the concept of infinite is composed by both “potential infinite” and “actual infinite”. On the one hand, no one is able to deny the qualitative differences and the important roles “potential infinite--actual infinite” play in the foundation of present classical infinite theory system; on the other hand, no one is able to deny that the present classical set theory is basing on “potential infinite--actual infinite” concepts as well as its related whole present classical infinite theory system. The fact is: any areas in present classical infinite related science system (of couse including present classical mathematical analysis and set theory) can not run away from the constraining of “potential infinite--actual infinite” concepts-------all the contents in present classical mathematical analysis and set theory can only be existing in the forms of “potential infinite mathematical things” and “actual infinite mathematical things”. But, the studies of our infinite related science history have proved that no clear definitions for these two concepts of “potential infinite--actual infinite” and their relating “potential infinite mathematical things--actual infinite mathematical things” have ever been given since antiquity, thus naturally lead to following two unavoidable fatal defects in present classical set theory:

(1)It is impossible to understand theoretically what the important basic concepts of “potential infinite” and “actual infinite” and their relating “potential infinite number forms, potential infinite sets” and “actual infinite number forms, actual infinite sets” are and what kinds of relationship among them are. So, in many “qualitative cognizing activities on infinite relating mathematical things (such as all kinds of infinite sets, elements in infinite sets, numbers of elements in infinite sets)” in present classical set theory, many people even don’t know or actually deny the being of “potential infinite” and “actual infinite” concepts as well as their relating “potential infinite number form, potential infinite sets” and “actual infinite number forms, actual infinite sets”--------it is impossible at all to understand clearly and scientifically the exact relationship among the important basic concepts of “infinite, infinities, infinite many, infinitesimals, infinite sets, elements in infinite sets, numbers of elements in infinite sets”, ... So, it is impossible at all to understand clearly and scientifically all kinds of different infinite sets (such as lacking of the “’set spectrum’ for the overall qualitative cognictions on the existing forms of infinie sets”), elements in an infinite set (such as ”are the infinie related elements potential infinite mathematical things or actual infinite mathematical things, how they exist?”), numbers of elements in an infinite set (such as ”are they actual infinite many or potential infinite many?”), the “one-to-one coresponding theory and operation” in infinie sets (such as ”are the potential infinite elements coresponding to potential infinite elements or actual infinite elements coresponding to actual infinite elements or actual infinite elements coresponding to potential infinite elements?”) ,... --------the unavoidable defects of qualitative cognition on infinite sets and their elements.

(2)First, it is impossible to understand whether the “elements in an infinite set, numbers of elements in an infinite set and all kinds of infinite sets” being cognized in present classical set theory are “potential infinite mathematical things” or “actual infinite mathematical things”, whether there are different theories and operations for “potential infinite mathematical things or actual infinite mathematical things”, and it is impossible at all to understand correctly (scientifically) in present classical set theory the natures of infinite related quantitative cognizing theories and tools (such as limit theory and the “one-to-one coresponding theory”) and their operational scientificities-------- it is impossible at all to master correctly (scientifically) the operational competences and skills of limit theory and the “one-to-one coresponding theory” thus resulting in no scientific gurantee for the operations of limit theory and the “one-to-one coresponding theory”; second, it is impossible at all to judge the scientificities of many infinite related quantitative cognizing activities in present classical set theory, people in many cases can only parrot every bit of what have been done by others or do as one wishes to treat many “not—knowing—what” infinite mathematical things with the unified way of “flow line” (any “infinite sets”, “elements of an infinite set”, “elements’ number of an infinite set” can either be “potential infinite” or “actual infinite”, neither be “potential infinite” nor “actual infinite”, first “potential infinite” then “actual infinite”, first “actual infinite” then “potential infinite”, ,,,), those believed and accepted Russell’s Paradox, Hilbert Hotel Paradox, Cantor’s operations of “cutting an infinite thing into pieces to make different super infinite numbers” and “proving the uncountability of real number set by diagonal method” as well as the famous “applying Russell’s Paradox to prove the Power Set Theorem” are tipical examples of “potential infinite--actual infinite” confusing operations--------the unavoidable defects of quantitative cognition on infinite sets and their elements.

We understand from our science and mathematics history, the fundamental defect in present classical set theory disclosed by the members of Russell’s Paradox Family is: looking for something belongs to an infinite set but is impossible to be found inside this infinite set--------no logic in our science can solve such paradox family as all the members of Russell’s Paradox Family are produced by the confusion of “potential infinite” and “actual infinite”.

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