Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Moebius Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions? (infinitary) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 09:23:21 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <05a3027798506434bf2f30b527e0f57d300e76c3@i2pn2.org> <6f188d193341a3862f4c788a44dff3dfb27fb6bd@i2pn2.org> <81f6f0271a53803c0bf79be304ce2484e33aecda@i2pn2.org> <7403c9bb7e2d0ac17197c219c6a04eace8fef108@i2pn2.org> Reply-To: invalid@example.invalid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:23:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a6bda7146014a2d0cd7b571c1092f7d6"; logging-data="2226894"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/bCyubsq2xWqirMdbmIsvw" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:sWjF/0jf/ni5HdKT9jsksJSnUsk= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2105 Am 08.10.2024 um 02:35 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson: > On 10/7/2024 3:58 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >> On 10/7/24 7:44 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: at. >>> >>> So what contradiction would the existence of actual infinity cause? >> >> It implies that there exists a first positive real, rational number or >> unit fraction Complete nonsense. No, the assmption of the existence of infinite sets (aka accepting "actual infinity") does NOT imply that.