Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 19:07:58 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 17:07:58 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="2178404"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:i5whJ1dOqOYfOKAAmhnuEfambuA= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBACAEBMCVVP4xTsT+I3SHw8UyJagYTOsKi3XoqhXCexFZ80rO9ZnkPEuDhAyqPYttiY3cTe/EB1TwFgs= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1480 Lines: 15 How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? The correct answer is: one unit fraction. If you claim more than one (two or three or infintely many), then these more must be equal. But different unit fractions are different and not equal to each other. Another answer is that no unit fraction is lessorequal than all unit fractions. That means the function NUF(x) Number of UnitFractions between 0 and x > 0 with NUF(0) = 0 will never increase but stay at 0. There are no unit fractions existing at all. Therefore there is only the one correct answer given above. Regards, WM