Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Damon Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 16:34:29 -0400 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <1acb1cd703640f9df3051921fc01de139f9bc5c5@i2pn2.org> References: <6a90a2e2-a4fa-4a8d-83e9-2e451fa8dd51@att.net> <30dffbdf129483f7b61e3284d1e7bf2ad2e5ea16@i2pn2.org> <9ca97f4a24ae1e3041583265125cf860d2fada11@i2pn2.org> <6ed3abd1b4d30ed6db4b9152f7a0ad5da583f147@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 20:34:29 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="647582"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2806 Lines: 23 On 11/2/24 1:42 PM, WM wrote: > On 02.11.2024 14:50, Moebius wrote: >> Am 02.11.2024 um 14:21 schrieb joes: >>> Am Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:03:26 +0100 schrieb WM: >> >>>> If an invariable set of numbers is there, then there is a smallest >>>> and a >>>> largest number of those which are existing. >> >> or each and every n e IN there is an n' e IN (say n' = n+1) > > Actual infinity is not based on claims for each and every, but concerns > all. > > Regards, WM > But if it applies to ALL, it must apply to ANY, so a property of ANY must apply to each on of the ALL. So, for ALL the Natural Numbers, there can't be a highest, because for ANY Natural Number there is a following one, and if there was a Highest, it would have a property that NONE of the Natural Numbers have (not having a successor) so it couldn't have been a Natural Number.