Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: joes Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:54:32 -0000 (UTC) Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <3f5fcf13171337f1c3d2ef84cc149be327648451@i2pn2.org> References: <4bc3b086-247a-4547-89cc-1d47f502659d@tha.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:54:32 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1447870"; 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: 2541 Lines: 23 Am Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:53:07 +0200 schrieb WM: > On 10.10.2024 20:45, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> WM wrote: > >>> If all natnumbers are there and if 2n is greater than n, then the >>> doubled numbers do not fit into ℕ. >> For any finite n greater than zero, 2n is greater than n. The same >> does not hold for infinite n. > There are no infinite n = natural numbers. Exactly! There are furthermore no infinite doubles of naturals (2n). >>>>> Numbers multiplied by 2 do not remain unchanged. >>> Either doubling >>> creates new natural numbers. Then not all have been doubled. Or all >>> have been doubled, then some products fall outside of ℕ. >> No. Not even close. > Deplorable. But note that all natural numbers are finite and follow this > law: When doubled then 2n > n. If a set of natural numbers is doubled, > then the results cover a larger set than before. Additionally: if n is finite, so is 2n. It cannot go beyond w. -- 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.