Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.logic,sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:51:19 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <6c471296-90b8-4cf7-bc9b-480bd34ef190@att.net> <1f25a3d6-7b0e-476d-aa99-ecb003cf763f@att.net> <75e2ce0e-7df8-4266-968b-9c58e4140b03@att.net> <35d8c0a1-dab3-4c15-8f24-068e8200cb07@att.net> <45ad1007-b1a7-49d0-a650-048f02738226@att.net> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:51:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="93d34f2ff838fdba72a3b476445e28b7"; logging-data="4149938"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18EfcdCnrxD0q1zw0udMMIs" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ey3u2EPtGhBVX0HtcsAu05UZFH0= In-Reply-To: <45ad1007-b1a7-49d0-a650-048f02738226@att.net> Content-Language: de-DE Bytes: 2266 Am 13.08.2024 um 19:02 schrieb Jim Burns: > On 8/13/2024 10:21 AM, WM wrote: >> either in a step of size 1 >> or in a step of size more than 1. Let's "assume" that this is true (sort of) for the sake of the argument. >> But increase by more than 1 is excluded by >> the gaps between unit fractions. I can't see any argument for this claim. Actually, for each and every real number x > 0 there are infinitely many unit fractions smaller than x: 1/ceil(1/x + 1)), 1/ceil(1/x + 2)), 1/ceil(1/x + 3)), ... Hence the difference between NUF(0) (i.e. 0) and NUF(x) is "infinite" for each and every x e IR, x > 0. In fact, Ax > 0: NUF(x) = aleph_0, while NUF(0) = 0.