Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 20:25:35 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <6704347e-2f99-40f2-887f-de93f6fdd659@tha.de> <8b3e744d-3419-40c3-a7c6-fe59edd528a9@tha.de> <851e9929-8ab7-49d1-b478-e65c61fba2e3@att.net> <78a0f795-f1c0-4ba5-90f9-acf667968011@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:25:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cd52098a363a32d965ffd9d5c2a12340"; logging-data="350200"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HJ0sfjuXBUd6PeUAlWd9imI1y5Vn54XY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:dAxS1tDNQ8Si2ZxZqzeRKQt33Ak= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2832 On 04.10.2024 12:38, FromTheRafters wrote: > on 10/4/2024, WM supposed : >> On 04.10.2024 12:02, FromTheRafters wrote: >>> on 10/4/2024, WM supposed : >> >>>> The sum of all natural numbers is larger than ω. >>> >>> Wrong, it doesn't sum in the normal sense because it is not convergent. >> >> Yes, I cannot calculate the sum, but I know that already ω-1 + 1 = ω. > > Omega minus one is not defined. It is defined by ω-1 + 1 = ω. The 'plus one' here is not plus the > natural number one, but only signifies the "next" ordinal. > >>> You could use the Zeta function for complex numbers and achieve -1/12 >>> as a 'sum' in that sense. >> >> Nonsense. > > Your use of the word nonsense simply means that you don't understand > something. I understand that the sum 1+2+3+... > 1. More is not required. Regards, WM