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Virgil
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Yes!
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George Cox
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John Fields wrote:
And two isn't prime because it's even?
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David Kastrup
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John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes:
right?
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Well, and in the above it takes on 1, so that would be quite legal,I read in sci.electronics.design that David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote
(in <x5mzw8k8f1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>about 'Is zero even or odd?', on
Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
Ah, so 1 = 0/0 = (0+0)/0 = (0/0) + (0/0) = 2 ?
0/0 can take ANY value.
right?
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David Kastrup
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"Franz Heymann" <notfranz.heymann@btopenworld.com> writes:
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
What else is it there?
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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Franz Heymann
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"David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> wrote in message
news:x5d5x4nbx9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
[snip]
Franz
news:x5d5x4nbx9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
[snip]
Not on my Casio calculator.
Franz
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Hue-Bond
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Shawn Corey, lun20041220@21:43:59(CET):
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David Serrano
That could be said louder, but not clearer
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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BB wrote:
+, it's jsut 0. Many graphing and soem scientific calculators have a
sign function. On any calc I've tried this on, it gives -1 for any
negative number, it gives a 1 for ant positive value, and 0 (zero) for,
well, 0 (zero.) As is defined in basic math.
I'm sorry, sir, but 0 is universally defined in math to be neither - nor
+, it's jsut 0. Many graphing and soem scientific calculators have a
sign function. On any calc I've tried this on, it gives -1 for any
negative number, it gives a 1 for ant positive value, and 0 (zero) for,
well, 0 (zero.) As is defined in basic math.
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
Or actually more correct: n / 0 = undefined
Except for the fact that: 0 / 0 = undefined
Or actually more correct: n / 0 = undefined
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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John Woodgate wrote:
n / 0 = undefinedI read in sci.electronics.design that David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org
wrote (in <x5mzw8k8f1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
odd?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
Ah, so 1 = 0/0 = (0+0)/0 = (0/0) + (0/0) = 2 ?
0/0 can take ANY value.
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Shawn Corey
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Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
but a = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
What could be clearer?
--- Shawn
a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
but a = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
What could be clearer?
--- Shawn
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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David Kastrup wrote:
as +0 or -0 still is jsut 0 sicne 0 has no sign. You have +, -, and 0.
Or for what you get from any proper sign function, either 1, -1, or 0.
No, it's just 9. You dont have +0 or -0, it's just 0 (zero.) Writing itJohn Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net
wrote (in <10sdnunotbnere2@corp.supernews.com>
or odd?', on Mon, 20 Dec 2004:
I know 0 is neither negative or positive but what about odd/even? I
think it's even.
Odd numbers start at 1 and go every other number
1,3,5,7;1,-1,-3,-5,-7 Even starts at 2 and go every other number
2,4,6,8;2,0,-2,-4,-6,-8
There is other evidence. Even powers of negative numbers are
positive, and (-x)^0 = 1, which is usually positive. (;-)
(-0)^2 = -0
as +0 or -0 still is jsut 0 sicne 0 has no sign. You have +, -, and 0.
Or for what you get from any proper sign function, either 1, -1, or 0.
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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Franz Heymann wrote:
= 0, because 0 has no sign. I really wish people would stop trying to
spread the false hood that0 actually has a sign.
Thats becuase, when translated to reality, that statement becomes (0)^2
= 0, because 0 has no sign. I really wish people would stop trying to
spread the false hood that0 actually has a sign.
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Jim Ward
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:21:11 -0000, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
0 has no flat edges, so it can't be even.
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Richard Tobin
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In article <32pd7rF3q16ikU1@individual.net>,
Alfred Z. Newmane <a.newmane.remove@eastcoastcz.com> wrote:
-- Richard
Alfred Z. Newmane <a.newmane.remove@eastcoastcz.com> wrote:
No, you *do* have +0 and -0, and they are both equal to 0.
-- Richard
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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Jim Ward wrote:
It does on my digital clock (as does my digital watch)
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Alfred Z. Newmane
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Richard Tobin wrote:
Well I basically said that in the part you didn't quote
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Clifford Heath
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John Woodgate wrote:
Perhaps you could explain what (-x^)2 means then?
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Don Klipstein
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In article <10sdnunotbnere2@corp.supernews.com>, Gactimus wrote:
"fraction".
However, as a bit of a digression, there are "odd functions" and "even
functions" - odd ones must have output zero when input is zero. Even
functions are permitted to have output zero or nonzero when input is
zero.
Functions can be odd, even or neither. With an even function, F(x) =
F(-x). With an odd function, F(-x) = -F(x).
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
Zero is definitely even. Dividing zero by 2 leaves no "remainder" or
"fraction".
However, as a bit of a digression, there are "odd functions" and "even
functions" - odd ones must have output zero when input is zero. Even
functions are permitted to have output zero or nonzero when input is
zero.
Functions can be odd, even or neither. With an even function, F(x) =
F(-x). With an odd function, F(-x) = -F(x).
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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Bondo
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you can say that again! Hilarious!
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:
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In article <kSDxd.34179$jf5.6646@fe1.texas.rr.com>, "Morituri-|-Max" <newage@sendarico.net> writes:
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"