Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit fractions?

Am Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:56:03 +0200 schrieb WM:

On 23.09.2024 00:53, Richard Damon wrote:
 

Count down from infinity please, what is the actual first number you
use, (not w-1, that isn't a number).
The problem is it doesn't exist, because the numbers don't have a bound
on that end.

The problem is not non-existence. Proof: Chosse the greates existing
number m. Then double it to get 2m. Why didn't you choose 2m originally?
Obviously it exists.

What screwy reasoning. If m were the greatest natural, you couldn’t
choose 2m. OTOH, of course you could have chosen 2n=m.

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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.