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From: FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 17:56:23 -0400
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Chris M. Thomasson has brought this to us :
> On 8/8/2024 3:30 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>> on 8/8/2024, WM supposed :
>>> Le 08/08/2024 à 00:17, Moebius a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Actually, his "thinking process" is simple:
>>>>
>>>> "Since there is a gap (space) between adjacent unit fractions and all 
>>>> unit fractions are in the interval (0, 1], there must be FINITELY MANY of 
>>>> them (i.e. a first/smallest one)."
>>>
>>> No, that is nonsense. There are not finitely many unit fractions.
>> 
>> Then stop assuming that there is a first and last element.
>
> The first unit fraction is 1/1, there is no last one...

.... or there is a last one but no first one.