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From: FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:24:41 -0400
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It happens that WM formulated :
> On 14.09.2024 19:30, FromTheRafters wrote:
>> WM presented the following explanation :
>
>>> 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?
>
> That is unknown and will remain so forever because the point is dark with no 
> chance to get visible. There is a good chance however, that it is irrational 
> because there are many more irrational points than rational points.
>
>> In either case it is greater than zero and there is again more room for an 
>> even closer number.
>
> Dark numbers have no discernible order.

Then they have no business being on the positive real line.