Cancer Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 From 7200+ to 51. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 Serious question: is there a mathematics that deals with wholes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 You mean, like, Diophantine equations and allied fields? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Not wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 4:22 AM, Bazza said: Serious question: is there a mathematics that deals with wholes? Like most of discrete math? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/10/2022 at 1:58 AM, Cancer said: You mean, like, Diophantine equations and allied fields? 2 hours ago, Old Man said: Like most of discrete math? Cheers, will give those a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Discrete mathematics on Wolfram Mathworld Doesn't seem to be very helpful in this context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 (0)(∞)=1 Therefore (-0)(-∞)=-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 No to both. An infinite number of zeros is still zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Is zero a number or not a number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Zero is a number. As Dr. Tyson said, "It comes in handy when you want to write 'billions and billions'." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Zero is the additive identity. Adding zero to any number results in that other number, unchanged. Multiplication is just repeated addition. An infinite number of added zeros retains the original number, and if that itself was zero, then you still have zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 11:52 PM, Bazza said: Serious question: is there a mathematics that deals with wholes? I think I might have found the answer to this: fractals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Cancer said: Zero is the additive identity. Adding zero to any number results in that other number, unchanged. Multiplication is just repeated addition. An infinite number of added zeros retains the original number, and if that itself was zero, then you still have zero. Cheers The approximate argument that zero is not a number: One school of thought, states that quantity is a derived property of a thing. The representation of quantity is our numerical units. Units being "of unity" ie one. If this is the case, then zero can't be a number because it hasn't a thing to give it its quantity -- a subtractive emptiness is nothingness or non-existence. The counter argument would be: there was something here, now there is nothing here. This "nothing here" is represented by zero. The issue then is can you represent ten as Unity additive to Nothing-here? Looking at this*, the Egyptians had a good point: a new symbol to represent ten, hundred etc. A specific symbol shows the positive existence of the quantity represented. *https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Egyptian_numerals/ Disclaimer: of course being a Westerner, I'm used to zero and the number system we have and given ten symbols can represent an indeterminate repetition of numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 The Origin of Zero - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/history-of-zero/ A Brief History of Infinity - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-brief-history-of-infinity/ Does Infinity Really Exist? - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-infinity-really-exist/ Dispute over Infinity Divides Mathematicians - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/infinity-logic-law/ or https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-settle-infinity-question-a-new-law-of-mathematics-20131126/ How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof Moves Math Closer to an Answer.- https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-many-numbers-exist-infinity-proof-moves-math-closer-to-an-answer-20210715/ Mathematicians Measure Infinities, and Find They're Equal - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-measure-infinities-and-find-theyre-equal/ or https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-measure-infinities-and-find-theyre-equal/ Is Infinity Real? - https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-infinity-puzzle-20160616/ Solution: ‘Is Infinity Real?’ - https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-infinity-puzzle-solution-20160630/ How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof Moves Math Closer to an Answer. - https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-many-numbers-exist-infinity-proof-moves-math-closer-to-an-answer-20210715/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 013 81 J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 back up to 66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 1/2 ± 14.134725 i 1/2 ± 21.022040 i 1/2 ± 25.010858 i 1/2 ± 30.424876 i 1/2 ± 32.935062 i 1/2 ± 37.586178 i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I posted a greeting on Discord and noticed my local time was 3:16 pm. The first thing that crossed my mind was the square root of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 My classroom number is nineteen squared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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