Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FromTheRafters Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 04:47:33 -0500 Organization: Peripheral Visions Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <30dffbdf129483f7b61e3284d1e7bf2ad2e5ea16@i2pn2.org> <9ca97f4a24ae1e3041583265125cf860d2fada11@i2pn2.org> <6ed3abd1b4d30ed6db4b9152f7a0ad5da583f147@i2pn2.org> <9a16dc217c4a1833dd297216773623a70ad06a10@i2pn2.org> Reply-To: erratic.howard@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:47:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="31c5bbc9dc47b5cad9f06d5f746591b8"; logging-data="338370"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19JiAPQgQSyjEKcpo1ZliNkPvHea4ptatU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:T3Izw6/AvbP28h2vE423qUy5NWQ= X-ICQ: 1701145376 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Bytes: 2729 joes submitted this idea : > Am Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:42:15 +0100 schrieb WM: >> 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. > Lol. That actually sheds some light on your thought process: > how do you suppose some property holds for all x, but not > for every? The set of all naturals is infinite but each and every natural is finite.