Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: how Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:44:44 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: moebius@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:44:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="23d1da5862a78885c18aa0308cdcf91a"; logging-data="1968961"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+2/QweDNNcjs5Joz95ggMs" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Lv075bH5aMi6scqofJh4i+MHznM= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2547 Am 23.04.2024 um 23:23 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > On 4/23/2024 12:13 PM, WM wrote: >> Le 23/04/2024 à 20:57, FromTheRafters a écrit : >>> WM was thinking very hard : >>>> Le 22/04/2024 à 20:02, FromTheRafters a écrit : >>>>> WM has brought this to us : >>>>>> Le 21/04/2024 à 00:44, FromTheRafters a écrit : >>>>>>> WM wrote : >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What is a gap in the ordinals? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It is a not existing ordinal between two ordinals. It is a not >>>>>>>> existing natural number next to ω, for instance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sets do not have not existing elements. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is ω - 1? >>>>> >>>>> An absurdity. >>>> >>>> Not more nor less than ω. >>> >>> What is the value of ω? >> >> It cannot be expressed in units as a finite initial segment of ℕ. > > So, you were always missing your largest natural number from the get go? > You are a moron? WM, sure seems to think that there _is_ a largest > natural number, he just cannot see it, so, well, it must be dark. lol! > Your largest natural number is already in the set of all natural numbers! Der Mann ist ein geisteskranker Spinner.