Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.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: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:15:23 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <45df31bad2d3e517cb48ab1f0eb7ff6f80999bf3@i2pn2.org> <5e5ccee7-0c98-4701-aeaa-4950a3ce2938@att.net> <08a00c75-bf8d-4f9c-816a-83b8517ca04e@att.net> <062a0fa5-9a15-4649-8095-22c877af5ebf@att.net> <276fc9df-619b-4a10-b414-a04a74aa7378@att.net> <88e6a631-417a-4dd0-9443-a57116dcbd28@att.net> <7a1e34df-ffee-4d30-ae8c-2af5bcb1d932@att.net> <6a90a2e2-a4fa-4a8d-83e9-2e451fa8dd51@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7ecf9fde7564629c4e3514fc1d02710e"; logging-data="3465361"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/D3kw8emyi4Y3znT+QJu6Goheh+rAHgnE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4qZfun48Al7HogCvENy/4II6PAE= In-Reply-To: <6a90a2e2-a4fa-4a8d-83e9-2e451fa8dd51@att.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3041 On 25.10.2024 21:05, Jim Burns wrote: > On 10/25/2024 12:57 PM, WM wrote: >>> A better question is: >>> why do you (WM) support it? >> >> I support it in order to show that >> your infinity is inconsistent. > > My infinity? You mean > γ ∈ ⟦0,ω⦆  ⇔  ∀β ∈ ⦅0,γ⟧: ∃α: α+1=β > ? Mainly, among other points, the claim that all unit fractions can be defined and he claim that a Bob ca disappear in lossless exchanges. >> Almost all unit fractions >> cannot be discerned by definable real numbers. > > All unit fractions are reciprocals of > positive countable.to.from.0 numbers. That does not change the facts. > >> If they are existing, >> they are indiscernible, i.e. dark. > > If it is existing, > it is a reciprocal of > a positive countable.to.from.0 number. Most of them are indiscernible too. > > I haven't found a reason to discern. Don't you claim that every unit fraction can be discerned, i.e. separated from the smaller ones by a real number? Regards, WM