Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: joes Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:16:35 -0000 (UTC) Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <6357410a4a01e9431eb0c6e9556cad12b8a56b88@i2pn2.org> References: <__cCn6h6Ey1Kz0BrIf6EShypg4M@jntp> <5ndfTHlgcDjUWC3In5mHEwtPQpw@jntp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:16:35 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2633776"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="nS1KMHaUuWOnF/ukOJzx6Ssd8y16q9UPs1GZ+I3D0CM"; User-Agent: Pan/0.145 (Duplicitous mercenary valetism; d7e168a git.gnome.org/pan2) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 1788 Lines: 14 Am Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:26:47 +0000 schrieb WM: > Le 08/08/2024 à 12:30, FromTheRafters a écrit : >> on 8/8/2024, WM supposed : > >>> No, that is nonsense. There are not finitely many unit fractions. >> >> Then stop assuming that there is a first and last element. > > Finitely many means that you can count from first to last. You cannot > count through the unit fractions. They are countably infinite. -- Am Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:35:31 +0000 schrieb WM in sci.math: It is not guaranteed that n+1 exists for every n.