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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit
 fractions? (infinitary)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:35:12 -0700
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On 10/26/2024 9:04 AM, WM wrote:
> On 26.10.2024 05:21, Jim Burns wrote:
>> On 10/25/2024 3:15 PM, WM wrote:
> 
>>> Mainly, among other points, the claim that
>>> all unit fractions can be defined and the claim that
>>> a Bob can disappear in lossless exchanges.
>>
>> The proof that all unit fractions can be defined
>> is to define them
>> as reciprocals of positive countable.to.from.0 numbers.
>>
>> That describes all of them and only them.
> 
> No, you falsely assume that all natnumbers can be defined.

Huh? Confusing to me. Humm... Are you trying to suggest that a natural 
number can _not_ be a natural number?

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