Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!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? Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 21:23:22 -0400 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <0eae4f35990041c80ca2c21fddc3261a2e0e7577@i2pn2.org> References: <283c426f-ab1c-4ef0-a06c-1bf7d28a2cfa@att.net> <6b50a171-8127-4ce6-9bd3-2dc213638e9b@att.net> <519db81b-4a4d-417d-8cd2-7fef5a342efd@att.net> <6704347e-2f99-40f2-887f-de93f6fdd659@tha.de> <8b3e744d-3419-40c3-a7c6-fe59edd528a9@tha.de> <851e9929-8ab7-49d1-b478-e65c61fba2e3@att.net> <78a0f795-f1c0-4ba5-90f9-acf667968011@att.net> <67e26dda-ec44-4927-82ac-dfc17dc3d07d@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 01:23:22 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="466071"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2889 Lines: 30 On 10/3/24 2:25 PM, WM wrote: > On 02.10.2024 22:07, Jim Burns wrote: >> On 10/2/2024 7:12 AM, WM wrote: >>> On 01.10.2024 22:05, Jim Burns wrote: >> >>>> For every nonzero distance d from 0 >>>> there are ℵ₀.many unit.fractions closer than d >>> >>> That means >>> there is no d by what >>> you can distinguish ℵ₀ unit fractions? >> >> You (WM) require us to guess >> what you mean by 'distinguish'. > > You distinguish two unit fractions 1/n and 1/m if you place a point in > distance d from 0 between them: 1/n < d < 1/m. >> >> There is no d between >> ℵ₀.many.smaller.unit.fractions and >> slightly.fewer.than.ℵ₀.many.smaller.unit.fractions. > > That means you cannot distinguish ℵ₀ smaller unit fractions. > > Regards, WM Sure we can, we just can't find any that have less than Aleph_0 numbers below them since those numbers don't exist. Your logic just can't handle numbers like Aleph_0, and thus has exploded your brain when you made it try.