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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 21:06:24 +0200
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Am 22.09.2024 um 20:54 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
> On 9/22/2024 11:37 AM, WM wrote:
>> On 22.09.2024 19:44, Jim Burns wrote:
>>
>>> There is no point next to 0.
>>>
>> This is 

pure bullshit.

>> There is a smallest unit fraction

Nope, there isn't.

>> because there are 
>> no unit fractions without a first one when counting from zero.
> 
> Huh? Wow... Hummm... You suffer from some sort of learning disorder? Or, 
> pure troll? Humm...

Well put! :-)

> There is no smallest unit fraction.

Indeed!

If u is a unit fraction, 1/(1/u + 1) is a smaller one.

[For example: If u = 1/3, then 1/u is 3 and 1/u + 1 is 4. And 1/4 is 
smaller than 1/3.]

Mückenheim is a psychotic asshole full of shit.