Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: WM Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: The set of necessary FISONs Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:45:01 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:45:01 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5d2f4a68727f665ebb3789c4ff257f17"; logging-data="61173"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FDO0LLZyFh4gtKdV/tIEdkwZZe7wCC5A=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:8sYHJ98hM5+7fStwk70rB8+O6sc= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1465 All finite initial segments of natural numbers, FISONs F(n) = {1, 2, 3, ...., n} as well as their union are less than the set ℕ of natural numbers. Proof: Assume UF(n) = ℕ. The small FISONs are not necessary. What is the first necessary FISON? There is none! All can be dropped. But according to Cantor's Theorem B, every non-empty set of different numbers of the first and the second number class has a smallest number, a minimum. This proves that the set of indices n of necessary F(n), by not having a first element, is empty. Regards, WM