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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?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:57:31 -0700
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On 10/30/2024 5:43 AM, Moebius wrote:
> Am 30.10.2024 um 08:22 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
>> On 9/2/2024 10:07 AM, WM wrote:
> 
>>> How many [...] unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit 
>>> fractions? The correct answer is:
> 
> Zero.
> 
> Hint: There is no smallest unit fraction.
> 
> Proof: If u is a unit fraction, then 1/(1/s + 1) is a unit fraction 
> which is smaller than u. qed

1/2 is the smallest. What about 1/(2+1) ? WM, ahhh what a shit.