Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:07:51 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <405557f7289631d63264c712d137244c940b9926@i2pn2.org> <13c08e96ad635f8142b38d89863a80caf17a32a8@i2pn2.org> <4faa63d0ff8c163f01a38736aeb5732184218a29@i2pn2.org> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:07:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1d26a4c3597cb0255eb53851a655286c"; logging-data="1850685"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ymurM2xHJ9O7OWYOzAp7U" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WZ/Kob2y9joB5ROXGFM1Dhg5StU= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2648 Am 15.09.2024 um 01:54 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > On 9/14/2024 10:30 AM, FromTheRafters wrote: >> WM presented the following explanation : >>> 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 [to]' in this context. >>> >>> Two points are next to each other means that no point is between them. >> >> So which point is next to zero. Is it rational, or is it irrational? >> In either case it is greater than zero and there is again more room >> for an even closer number. If r e IR, r > 0, then 0 < r/2 < r. Hence there is no real number > 0 "next to 0". > WM says .00001 is next to zero... Ahhh shit, what about .000001?