Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 13:19:44 +0200 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 11:19:44 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="2173715"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:I4G3ebAcJy1R7bqRqQbm/tj7Q44= In-Reply-To: X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXcLQVz0GQ/09YQtdSbYgCh6OzrO1OzTQMzxXU9RhZZee9TTC/7C3mGTieWaiQdTpX/Gj8Fhk= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2509 Lines: 23 On 02.09.2024 19:13, Richard Damon wrote: > On 9/2/24 12:56 PM, WM wrote: >> On 01.09.2024 21:09, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >>> On 8/31/2024 8:27 PM, Moebius wrote: >> >>>> In general, for all x e IR, x > 0: NUF(x) = aleph_0. >> >> Don't get confused by that nonsense. Everybody knows that unit >> fractions are different from each other. Therefore they cannot be >> counted at the same x, let alone at less than all positive x, i.e., at >> zero. >>>> >>> How does that fit with WM who thinks there is a smallest unit >>> fraction to start counting from? >> >> I do not think that but I prove that by the simple fact that not more >> than one unit fraction can be lessequal than all unit fractions. >> > Except that it starts with the incorrect assumption that such a unit > fraction exists. No, it shows that no unit fractions exist unless a first one exists. Regards, WM