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From: Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit
 fractions?
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 09:35:29 -0400
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On 10/5/24 8:58 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> wrote:
> 
> [ .... ]
> 
>> But actual infinity doesn't exist.
> 
> What does it mean for a mathematical concept not to exist?

That it doesn't create a usable (non-contradictory) logical system.

> 
> You seem to be falling into the same trap as John Gabriel used to when he
> was still posting here.  He asserted things like "irrational numbers
> don't exist" and "negative numbers don't exist".  He was never able to
> state exactly what he meant by this non-existence.
> 
> [ .... ]
>