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From: FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: how
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:57:38 -0400
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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?