Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!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: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:38:43 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <405557f7289631d63264c712d137244c940b9926@i2pn2.org> <13c08e96ad635f8142b38d89863a80caf17a32a8@i2pn2.org> <4faa63d0ff8c163f01a38736aeb5732184218a29@i2pn2.org> <1aabd037-86bc-47bd-b402-f6b29c5c33e4@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:38:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c9eccf8fbeb1de895a1202f1e5c01e96"; logging-data="575667"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UH6WIYrEVo1D0x7p4VIieFFJFVxHLVxk=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:mBWt6aiXtqAzm52yWtvhTGydeSg= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2676 On 18.09.2024 16:31, Jim Burns wrote: > On 9/18/2024 8:39 AM, WM wrote: >> On 16.09.2024 19:30, Jim Burns wrote: >>> On 9/15/2024 3:47 PM, WM wrote: > >>>> I don't believe in gaps on the real line. >>> >>> There aren't gaps and there aren't next.numbers >>> in numbers.situating.splits of rationals with >>> countable.to.numerators.and.denominators >> >> So what is next instead? > > What is between one and the next? > A gap. > > There is no gap in the real line. > > There is no next in the real line. > If there were, there'd be a gap. > Try to use logic. Either there is a point next to zero or there is no point next to zero, that means there is nothing, i.e., a gap. Regards, WM