Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FromTheRafters Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: how Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:57:38 -0400 Organization: Peripheral Visions Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <5LBLnYAjUgXgTK4Y5LH6e8fCibw@jntp> Reply-To: erratic.howard@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:57:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="af2501f9e10221884f009691c409ad24"; logging-data="1885308"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7jonVgwk0nchREXHRWXilxaGGG1ywFyI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:JdsipX7S+Lz/xPwwInwf1TiRMhM= X-ICQ: 1701145376 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Bytes: 1864 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?