Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: joes Newsgroups: sci.math Subject: Re: The set of necessary FISONs Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 14:21:21 -0000 (UTC) Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <27377646-137a-4f8f-a7bb-a75707b2da96@att.net> <4d349964-211f-42f1-936f-81c22ae54cb5@att.net> <6e0c8ab2-402a-43a5-a348-0c727eae6a2e@att.net> <87e2e677c7802c9c17df6063f340cb5857d5700b@i2pn2.org> <680d4249c9bf1504231a53732ac5096184261495@i2pn2.org> <12a38458-bfb9-4611-9072-eadbb166c0ec@att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 14:21:21 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2280353"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="nS1KMHaUuWOnF/ukOJzx6Ssd8y16q9UPs1GZ+I3D0CM"; User-Agent: Pan/0.145 (Duplicitous mercenary valetism; d7e168a git.gnome.org/pan2) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 3211 Lines: 33 Am Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:25:49 +0100 schrieb WM: > On 01.02.2025 20:21, Jim Burns wrote: >> On 2/1/2025 7:56 AM, WM wrote: > >>> There is the assumption that a set with U(F(n)) = ℕ exists. It’s not an assumption. Hint: F(n+1) = F(n) u n+1 and then U({F(n) for all n e N}). >>> Without changing the union we can remove every element by induction. >>> No element remains. The set does not exist. >> >> Each finiteᵒᵘʳ initial segment F(k) of ⋃{F(n)} can grow¹ to another >> initial segment F(k+1) >> which is also finiteᵒᵘʳ, and is larger than F(k), >> and is not larger than ⋃{F(n)} >> {F(n}} holds each finiteᵒᵘʳ initial segment F(k) ⋃{F(n)} is larger than >> each F(k). > > But all F(n) can be discarded without changing the union. The union of a nonempty set is not empty. > F(1) can be discarded. If F(n) can be discarded, then F(n+1) can be > discarded. > Note: Mathematical induction is a method for proving that a statement > P(n) is true for every natural number n that is, that the infinitely > many cases P(0),P(1),P(2),P(3),... all hold. [Wikipedia] But P(ω) does not hold. > Therefore if U(F(n)) = ℕ, then { } = ℕ There are no naturals with infinite segments. -- Am Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:35:31 +0000 schrieb WM in sci.math: It is not guaranteed that n+1 exists for every n.