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From: FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:04:24 -0400
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WM submitted this idea :
> On 18.10.2024 14:26, Jim Burns wrote:
>
>> There is no ω
>> such that the numbers are
>> evenly.spaced between 0 and ω
>> because
>> that describes a finite ordinal, not ω
>
> What is immediately before ω if not finite numbers?

You're not making any sense. What is immediately before zero in the 
naturals?