Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 22:01:43 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <405557f7289631d63264c712d137244c940b9926@i2pn2.org> <13c08e96ad635f8142b38d89863a80caf17a32a8@i2pn2.org> <4faa63d0ff8c163f01a38736aeb5732184218a29@i2pn2.org> <1aabd037-86bc-47bd-b402-f6b29c5c33e4@att.net> <298dcb6f-5f58-48b6-80e3-34260bf721f8@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 22:01:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1937ec8b2ddf5854df43c432e503d896"; logging-data="1818442"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/tcZ0fWz1GESTCHwD77q9cx+Tn0k6Ryy8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:bWwsihgCQA4NxQMVjnqrQ1O7gYg= In-Reply-To: <298dcb6f-5f58-48b6-80e3-34260bf721f8@att.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2815 On 20.09.2024 21:51, Jim Burns wrote: > On 9/20/2024 2:24 PM, WM wrote: >> On 19.09.2024 20:31, Jim Burns wrote: >>> On 9/19/2024 6:38 AM, WM wrote: > >>>> Either there is a point next to zero >>>> or there is no point next to zero, >>> >>> Consider ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ >>> >>> Q is between A and Z >>> A and Z are not next to each other. >>> >>> Nothing is between P and Q >>> P and Q are next to each other. >>> >>> ⎛ There is a gap between P and Q >> >> No. > > There is no letter between P and Q > in ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ > > There is an absence of letters between P and Q > in ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ No, there is nothing. An absence requires a space which could be occupied by the absent. Regards, WM