Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:08:38 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <3d1a8334-deee-45c6-ae03-340cd8551908@att.net> <69325e33-6b9a-4c2f-a0e3-25508d41b114@att.net> <7dfa422db40391861bfc6803c4c1bb4561d1f8b6@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 15:08:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8b524ad920e328c0bf9a53980d6207fa"; logging-data="1427572"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/w+M2IzJrfGs4ZtQKDQ3d+TMjl3E49RjQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2tCY6tht2o8Q2QdscWJ65TGnZVU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2304 On 07.09.2024 04:01, Richard Damon wrote: > On 9/6/24 4:40 PM, WM wrote: >> On 06.09.2024 14:38, joes wrote: >>> Am Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:12:29 +0200 schrieb WM: >> >>>>> 0 < ... < ⅟⌊4+⅟x⌋ < ⅟⌊3+⅟x⌋ < ⅟⌊2+⅟x⌋ < ⅟⌊1+⅟x⌋ < x >>>> 0 is smaller than all that. Therefore there is no increase at 0. >>>> x is larger than all that. Therefore your x is not the least one >>>> posiible. >>> Therefore no x can be the least unit fraction. >> >> No definable x. No epsilon. > > Which means no "Unit Fraction" as the reciprical of a Natural Number, > since they are all definable. All natural numbers which you recognize are definable. > > Thus, your NUF must also be counting some sub-finite values, or it just > doesn't exist. It exists. It counts definable numbers as well as sub-finitely definale numbers. Regards, WM