Re: how

FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> writes:

WM laid this down on his screen :

Le 22/06/2024 à 19:34, Jim Burns a écrit :

On 6/22/2024 8:11 AM, WM wrote:

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if existing [nonempty], must have a smallest element - according
to Cantor.
But it has not.
Therefore there is no necessary FISON.

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Yes.
No FISON is necessary  ⇔
Each FISON is unnecessary  ⇐
For each FISON, a proper.superset.FISON exists.

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The set has no first element. ==> The set is empty.
If ℕ is union of FISONs, then ℕ is empty.

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The set of integers is empty? Say it ain't so!

The set of everything WM knows about integers, however...

Phil
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