Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!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: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 20:28:07 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3f5fcf13171337f1c3d2ef84cc149be327648451@i2pn2.org> <97b84c07aa526903a0788584f7f7ae9121f8b81f@i2pn2.org> <60f1280e-e226-4314-8eca-da5410be8ca3@tha.de> <96a7aa944085e76faed69c8db9a8dca599e1a159@i2pn2.org> <2c732eefb860986209bd46ed88391ddceaddff55@i2pn2.org> <27WcnWnC9tjPyIz6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <4d080bc4-7c84-4951-a8f4-9bf0f95ad47f@tha.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 20:28:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d756287b1700d03f56a0d2ad270cf664"; logging-data="6534"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7MCnAuy36DW3Lu5gep27Evq4g7oO0SRw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:XG/FHzs3Ujf53yicmZGxJiye90I= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2431 On 19.10.2024 20:12, Jim Burns wrote: > On 10/19/2024 7:10 AM, WM wrote: > >> It has lead to internal contradictions (vanishing Bob). > > The contradictions are with > _what you think_ 'infinite' means. The contradiction is independent of infinity. It is your claim that exchanging two objects can result in the loss of one of them. Regards, WM