Re: how

On 6/17/2024 5:04 PM, Jim Burns wrote:

On 6/16/2024 6:52 PM, Moebius wrote:

Am 16.06.2024 um 21:51 schrieb Moebius:

Am 16.06.2024 um 21:41 schrieb Moebius:

 

Concerning his claim
"But never two (different) unit fractions at
the same coordinate.":
it is so trivial that
it's hard to state/express it properly.
>
Unit fractions are real numbers.
And "two" unit fractions
(and hence real numbers) a, b are
either identical (a = b) or not (a =/= b). That's all.
>
Well, my last shot:
If a and b are two _different_ unit fractions, then there's no real number c
such that a = c = b
(though -of course- a and b are real numbers).

>
To put it in simple words:
/different/ means /not the same/.

 We ask
what can we say (or not.say) about a and b
if they are (or are.not) the same?

[...]
a = 5 elephants
a = b
b must equal 5 elephants. However, if we add in something, say:
a = 5 elephants
b = 5 cats
a = b?
Well, 5 = 5, but what they define is different...
Is that what you are getting at?