Re: Does the number of nines increase?

Am 02.07.2024 um 03:22 schrieb Jim Burns:

On 7/1/2024 3:38 PM, Moebius wrote:

Am 01.07.2024 um 20:32 schrieb Jim Burns:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_set
| Necessary and sufficient conditions for finiteness
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| (Paul Stäckel)
| S can be given a total ordering which is
| well-ordered both forwards and backwards.
| That is, every non-empty subset of S has
| both a least and a greatest element in the subset.

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Makes much sense.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention (again).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_St%C3%A4ckel
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_St%C3%A4ckel
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"In the area of prime number theory, he used
the term /twin prime/
(in its German form, "Primzahlzwilling")
for the first time." :-)

 "Paul Gustav Samuel Stäckel
(20 August 1862, Berlin – 12 December 1919, Heidelberg)"
 Perhaps WM has not yet caught up
to this late.breaking development.
Give him another century.

Remember that WM is a physicist. His knowledge of math is rather superficial.