Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.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: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:03:30 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <7e1e3f62-1fba-4484-8e34-6ff8f1e54625@att.net> <06ee7920-eff2-4687-be98-67a89b301c93@att.net> <38ypmjbnu3EfnKYR4tSIu-WavbA@jntp> <34e11216-439f-4b11-bdff-1a252ac98f8f@att.net> <27b3b5e088d82d4475c68a64f50a4bccac9c6f29@i2pn2.org> <9eeba8a5041ce7ee48e5019d9e98d4ea38a1eb72@i2pn2.org> <89ed6d8de6c20d65e869d384181b642309f63bc4@i2pn2.org> <7a991922c09e309450ac278f884091dfe716cae3@i2pn2.org> <918c948309b4a74d0bc505a1c2f40a7868072f41@i2pn2.org> <59d75459aea98619cca1a3fe1e9512371cc52705@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:03:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="49ad7ab0efe8995e55f8413a9208187f"; logging-data="3194822"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/PnAT0meVawhRckjORIRD9S2UZChSDPiU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:qpoT9FEiw+VTI6aqqXqYHLAmWdo= In-Reply-To: <59d75459aea98619cca1a3fe1e9512371cc52705@i2pn2.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2473 On 10.09.2024 13:41, Richard Damon wrote: > Why do they need a beginning (at that end)? Because there is none in the negative and some in the prositive. At that end. > There is a boundry, and that is 0, but that isn't the "first" of them, > as it is outside the set. Either the set starts with one unit fraction or with a cloud of unit fractions. Regards, WM