Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.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: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:31:58 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4bc3b086-247a-4547-89cc-1d47f502659d@tha.de> <829e690b523e271d952805ce3fcdc4942060ec0c@i2pn2.org> <7195c1c0a5816f3affb6d7c5950972f04def6120@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:31:58 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="441235"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:7oIs3mqsYvIuUa5MKd43LNqMWn0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <7195c1c0a5816f3affb6d7c5950972f04def6120@i2pn2.org> X-User-ID: eJwNx8kBwCAIBMCWANlVykk4+i9BH/MYLCpzO0HHYIrIsd2tj6QzlDFiZJw51Dqsfg/Yv7hTq8Xao1HolO8CTzMVfg== Bytes: 2480 Lines: 19 On 12.10.2024 22:47, Richard Damon wrote: > On 10/12/24 2:19 PM, WM wrote: >> On 11.10.2024 03:38, Richard Damon wrote: >> >>> The SIZE of the set of natural numbers is infinite, and thus obeys >>> the laws of infinite numbers. An infinite number, which has a finite >>> number, added to, multiplied by, or used as a power, is still that >>> same infinite number. It may seem impossible, but that is the nature >>> of infinite numbers. >> >> No natural number is infinite. They all obey the law of finite >> numbers. That includes the law that 2n > n. > > Right, but for any number n that is a natural number 2n is also a > natural number and in the set. But not in the set of numbers to be doubled. Half of the doubled numbers are not in that set. Regards, WM