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From: WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de>
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit
 fractions? (infinitary)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:42:20 +0100
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On 28.10.2024 12:17, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 10/28/24 5:49 AM, WM wrote:

> Your proof fails because it assumes properties that are not actually 
> required.
> 
> If you really mean that there must be a lowest unit fraction,

I mean that there are unit fractions.
None is below zero.
Mathematics proves that never more than one is at any point.

Regards, WM