Rethinking Grade School Algebra
There’s a question I like to ask random people: where is the flaw in the argument that $latex -1 = 1$ because $latex 0*(-1)=0*1$? I very rarely get a satisfactory response. Usually the answer…
Rethinking Grade School Algebra | Christopher Olah's Blog Christopher Olah's Blog << Extending OpenSCAD Unicode For Mathematical Typesetting >> Rethinking Grade School Algebra There’s a question I like to ask random people: where is the flaw in the argument that because ? I very rarely get a satisfactory response. Usually the answer is that “you’re not allowed to multiply both sides by zero.” But we can come up with a slightly subtler argument: because . Some just don’t answer, other will insist that its not allowed… To me it suggests something is
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