Is is possible to somehow quantitatively compare the density of rational numbers to the density of integer numbers, ascribing to the both a number characterizing the density?
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Compare density of rationals to the density of integers
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My intuition says that since distinct integers differ by at least one and rationals are arbitrarily close, the density of the integers should be zero and the density of the rationals should be positive.
If you throw in the reals, I'll throw in the towel.