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? (infinitary) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:18:44 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <4bc3b086-247a-4547-89cc-1d47f502659d@tha.de> <09d9f0df-b1bb-42a7-af9b-890bfbcfc581@att.net> <3f63bc22-83b2-4d56-9837-849551170c77@att.net> <50ac7044-f8c1-47d9-947f-9fa6044e1848@tha.de> <68b8be64-7fe8-47e7-a991-7adf14713af5@att.net> <53460f91-4542-4a92-bc4b-833c2ad61e52@att.net> <85cf251afab29f3d64d61a77dd728d0aebdaba96@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:18:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bdae612cd8a81ed65298b962abfb789c"; logging-data="2454491"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18K2vBc+f6WAovCCBL4Mi4bilx7+/5qHZI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:q0TKqaCTLhDsNuWXscy2f2gHqas= In-Reply-To: <85cf251afab29f3d64d61a77dd728d0aebdaba96@i2pn2.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2653 On 16.10.2024 13:54, Richard Damon wrote: > On 10/16/24 4:50 AM, WM wrote: >> On 16.10.2024 10:27, WM wrote: >>> On 15.10.2024 02:00, Jim Burns wrote: >>> >>>> So, what is that perfectly reasonable explanation? >>> >>> There is a general rule not open to further discussion: >>> When doubling natural numbers we obtain natural numbers which have >>> not been doubled. >> >> CORRECTION: When doubling natural numbers we obtain even numbers which >> have not been doubled. > > But that isn't actually a general rule, Of course it is a general rule. Doubling creates larger numbers. Regards, WM