Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Damon Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:33:19 -0400 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <405557f7289631d63264c712d137244c940b9926@i2pn2.org> <13c08e96ad635f8142b38d89863a80caf17a32a8@i2pn2.org> <4faa63d0ff8c163f01a38736aeb5732184218a29@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:33:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2046674"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2275 Lines: 18 On 9/14/24 10:01 AM, WM wrote: > On 14.09.2024 01:05, FromTheRafters wrote: >> WM explained : > >>> No, that is your big mistake. In the interval [0, 1] there is a point >>> next to 0 and a point next to 1, and infinitely many are beteen them. >> >> Define 'next' in this context. > > Two points are next to each other means that no point is between them. > > Regards, WM > And, since for ANY two points on the real number line, x, and y, the point (x+y)/2 is another real point between them, there are absolutely NO points on the real line next to each other. Sorry, you are just making logic based on assumptions of false statements.