+ 'Let $I := [0, 1]$. If a natural numbers object $N$ existed, then we could iterate the initial conditions $I\to I\times I$, $x \mapsto (x, x)$ and $I\times I \to I \times I$, $(x, y) \mapsto (x, xy)$ to get a continuous function $N \times I \to I \times I$ such that $(n, x) \mapsto (x, x^n)$ for $x\in I$, $n \in \IN$. The sequence $(n) \in N$ has a convergent subnet $(n_\lambda)_{\lambda \in \Lambda}$, say with limit $y$. Thus, for any $x\in I$ and $\lambda \in \Lambda$, we have $(n_\lambda, x) \mapsto (x, x^{n_\lambda})$. Taking limits, we see $(y, x) \mapsto (x, 0)$ if $x \ne 1$ or $(y, x) \mapsto (x, 1)$ if $x = 1$. In other words, $(y, x) \mapsto (x, \delta_{x, 1})$ for all $x\in I$. However, that contradicts the fact that the composition $I \overset{y \times \id}\longrightarrow N\times I \to I\times I \overset{p_2}\longrightarrow I$, $x \mapsto (y, x) \mapsto (x, \delta_{x,1}) \mapsto \delta_{x,1}$, would have to be continuous.'
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