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Clive George wrote:


How many numbers are there between 1 and 2? The maximum is 2,


The maximum is infinite. 1, 1.0000000000000001,1.000000000000002 etc. etc...

the
minimum is obviously 1,


No. its zero.

There are NO integers between 1 and 2...;-)


ie non-zero, and as you should know the answer
is an infinite number. Same as for your number of steps inbetween.

cheers,
clive