Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris M. Thomasson" Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:52:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <3f63bc22-83b2-4d56-9837-849551170c77@att.net> <50ac7044-f8c1-47d9-947f-9fa6044e1848@tha.de> <68b8be64-7fe8-47e7-a991-7adf14713af5@att.net> <53460f91-4542-4a92-bc4b-833c2ad61e52@att.net> <001ce71635edd59bb004413b2f16e8c5b95549be@i2pn2.org> <2c61f74970428fa08694d6aa2f9828ea3629fd36@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 02:52:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7e7585e2b1fd89460481779f0d910934"; logging-data="3725344"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19h7enURy3YxHm251Tb1OPCzlLYL07uPEk=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ME85VynAhmzl6Rbrxv4qbG59Kz8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2620 On 10/18/2024 5:51 PM, Moebius wrote: > Am 19.10.2024 um 02:42 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > >> " Mückenheim writes in the foreword to his book "Mathematics for the >> First Semesters": "With the finiteness of every set, the set of all >> digits of a number is also finite." >> >> Sounds like a troll a hyper-ultra finite mindfuck would think for sure! >> >> Thanks for the info, Moebius. > > N/p. WM is one of the rather rare "academic cranks". > > Of course (!), NOT a mathematician by profession. > Strange to me for I thought WM was a most certifiable a troll, indeed.