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Powersoft
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hello everyone

i read somewhere that 2=1 and that pi is equall too length of river/actual length

firstly are they true?
do you know any more like that?

ps. i cant find anything on google so dont say "try google"

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Quote: "i read somewhere that 2=1"


If it was true the universe would not exist, it's as simple as that. I mean, really...

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Quote: "firstly are they true?"

....you're joking right?

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Quote: " read somewhere that 2=1"


that theory relies on the fact that a = b, which we don't know anyways (someone in another thread has countered the theory by saying you are simply dividing by 0, which gives an undivined answer). If it were true, it would be a paradox and the universe would esentially collapse. take for instance...

the statement below is true.
the statement above is false.

this is a paradox; and simply put, if they were both "true" statement the universe would collapse. However, these statements have no true valitity at all, they really are nither true nor false.

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Ah, so that's what you are going on about with pi and rivers:

Quote: "Professor Hans-Henrik Stolum, an earth scientist at Cambridge University has calculated the ratio between the actual length of rivers from source to mouth and their direct length as the crow flies. Although the ratio varies from river to river, the average value is slightly greater than 3, that is to say that the actual length is roughly three times greater than the direct distance. In fact the ratio is approximately 3.14, which is close to the value of the number pi... The ratio of pi is most commonly found for rivers flowing across very gently sloping planes, such as those found in Brazil or the Siberian tundra."


How odd!

I take back my


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this statement is true.
this statement is true.

.... wonder if this will work...
*Im horrible at math*


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Can any of you do this?

(a-x)(b-x)(c-x)(d-x) ... (z-x) = ?

If the pattern were continued for the whole alphabet, what does the expression equal?

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I hate polynomial expansion

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aha its 0!

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No it isn't.
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(v-x)(w-x)(x-x)... = 0

God is real, unless declared integer.
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Posted: 27th May 2004 22:20 Edited at: 27th May 2004 22:24
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Oh yeah



Me and a friend were sitting in a lesson and we realised that in about two minutes the hour hand and minute hand would line up perfectly (about 12:30) so we tried to work it out before it happened, and we got it with about 10 seconds to go.

It was great fun.

See if you can work it out - the first time after midnight where the hour and minute hands line up perfectly. Assume the hands move perfectly smoothly
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well
(a-x)(b-x)=ab-ax-xb-x^2
=2a-2b-2x-x^2
=2(a-b-x)-x^2

so i think the answer would be

26(a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-z)-x^2

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There's a bracket that looks like this:

(x-x)

This must be 0 so the whole thing comes out as zero because it's timesed together.
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2(a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-z)-26x^2

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The answer is, as people have said, you end up with (x-x) which is 0 so the expression must equal 0.


Quote: "26(a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-z)-x^2"




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ok.....anyway i think that Europe doesnt exist, its just an illusion.....anyway


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america is the only continent that exists! duh!

*says with stupid american tourist accent*

(BTW i'm american )


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btw only i exist, im a nu turned nihlist, u lot are just illusions


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"Proof" that 2=1:
Quote: "
16 = 16 Reflexive property of "="
4 + 12 = 16 From definition of "+"
4 - 12 = 16 - 24 Subtract 24 from both sides
4 - 12 + 9 = 16 - 24 + 9 Add 9 to both sides, completing squares
(2 - 3)^2 = (4 - 3)^2 Factor, rewriting as squares
2 - 3 = 4 - 3 Sqrt of each side
2 = 4 Add 3 to each side
1 = 2 Divide by 2
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Theres many more, but they are all flawed somehow.

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but you arent taking 24 from both sides

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Yes you are 12 - 24 = -12

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Quote: "Theres many more, but they are all flawed somehow."


How's that one flawed?

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wtf? u didnt actually try to come up with that did you?

the pi things tru, it works on the river yangtze.

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does anyone have any lengths of rivers fo me to work out if its true.
i need to prove to other people.

how do you do pi in DBpro

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You should take add a +/- when you square route.

It seems to work because (-1)^2 = 1^2 , but -1<>1
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1 = 2, FALSE

river pi theory, TRUE

number divided by zero = number...

Why?

1 cake divided by 0 persons = 1 cake




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Quote: "
16 = 16 Reflexive property of "="
4 + 12 = 16 From definition of "+"
4 - 12 = 16 - 24 Subtract 24 from both sides
4 - 12 + 9 = 16 - 24 + 9 Add 9 to both sides, completing squares
(2 - 3)^2 = (4 - 3)^2 Factor, rewriting as squares
2 - 3 = 4 - 3 Sqrt of each side
2 = 4 Add 3 to each side
1 = 2 Divide by 2
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part, lets rewrite it shall we?


(16) = (16), true
(4 + 12) = (16), true
((4 - 12)-24) = ((16 - 24)-24), true
(((4 - 12) + 9) + 9) = (((16 - 24) + 9) + 9), true
((2 - 3)^2) = ((4 - 3)^2), true
sqrt((2 - 3)) = sqrt((4 - 3)), illegal, there's no sqrt for -1
(2 + 3) = (4 + 3), false

last one (2 versions)
(1 / 2) = (2 / 2), false (1 / 2) = 0.5
(1) = (2 / 2), true, but then its 1 = 1

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I first mentioned the river thing here.

I read it in Fermat's Last Theorem (awesome book).

I think it's an example of chaos theory or something.
On completely unaffected rivers in plains etc. it is accurate to 5 or 6 decimal places.

If you divide the perimeter of The Great Pyramid by twice it's height you get Pi to 15 decimal places. That's obviously deliberate though.
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@Emperor Baal
You are wrong
number divided by zero = UNDEFINED (means that it cant happen)

But you are right that there's no sqrt for -1

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Quote: "number divided by zero = number"


Any number divided by zero is infinity except zero which can be made equal to anything.

0
0

0*1
0*2

cancel zeros

0.5

EDIT_________________

The square route of -1 is i
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I think Chris Knott posted this in the other thread...

A=B_____________________First, we assume A=B
A^2=AB__________________Second, we multiply each side by A
A^2+A^2-2AB=AB+A^2-2AB__Next, we add A^2-2AB to each side
2(A^2-AB)=A^2-AB________Afterwards, we simplify
2=1_____________________Finally, we devide each side by A^2-AB

...So we could say...

3=3______________________________3=3
3^2=3*3__________________________9=9
3^2+3^2-2(3*3)=(3*3)+3^2-2(3*3)__0=0
2(3^2-(3*3))=3^2-(3*3)___________0=0
2=1______________________________2=1

...ok... I am officialy confused...

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Quote: "number divided by zero = number...

Why?

1 cake divided by 0 persons = 1 cake "


1/0 is infinity...

take for example...

f(x)=1/x

the limit of f(x) as x approches 0 is infinity simply because the smaller the x the bigger the f(x) (i.e. 1/0.01 > 1/100)

the limit as x approches infinity is zero... f(x) conitues to get smaller as x get bigger.

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WTF? NO
It is UNDEFINED Look it up. It is not equal to anything. IT is IMAGINARY.

@GameKit
Thats the other one. It is flawed too. Here:
A^2 - AB

A^2 is equal to AB because A = B, which makes you divide by 0 which is undefined.

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Yep.

It is strictly underfined but that's just because you can't say infinity equals anything.

It tends to infinity
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NO
N/0 is not infinity or N.
0/0 is not infinity.

Any number divided by it self is 1. 0/0 = 1?
0 divided by anything is 0_________ 0/0 = 0?

You cant figure it out.

Also, zero is technically NOTHING so it cant be used.

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Okay then people....

Here's one that's been bugging me and others for a while.

n = 0.999999999 (recurring)
10n = 9.999999
9n = 9
n = 1

Does 0.9 curring equal 1? What do you think

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Yep it does.

1 - 0.9 recurring = 0.0 recurring 1

It never gets to the one because the zero recurs
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Quote: "It is UNDEFINED Look it up. It is not equal to anything. IT is IMAGINARY."


the terms Undefined and infinity are interchangeable.

however, infinity isn't an "imaginary number".

if infinity where an "imaginary number" would this statement be true?


@ = infinity

1/@ = 0

however, Id like to think of infinity as a state of numbers rather then an acutal number.

infact there is a whole division of mathmatics and number theroies devoted to arithmetic of infinite number sets.

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Infinity could be an imaginary number. It depends whether it's on the real or imaginary number line.

There are loads of different types of infinity.

For example:

Imagine an infinitely long line with a red dot every metre.
Now imagine another one perpendicular to this.
Now imagine there is a green dot at every metre in the space between the two lines.
Basically like a graph axis with dots in the space on the paper.

Are there more green dots than red dots?
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0/0 isnt infinity

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It is as close to infinity as you can write down.
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NO NO NO
http://mathforum.org/epigone/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/grencongstar

Read third message

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Quote: "Are there more green dots than red dots? "


no, they are the same amount...

its simple put infinity = infinity

the same theory could apply to integers and real numbers.

there are infinty integers, but there are infinity real number in between each of the infinity integers. however they are still the same amount.

actually, now that you say it- infinity does dwell in the imaginary numbers area as well as the real.

but to say it is exclusivly an imaginary number is rather unfounded.
infact, the only imaginary numbers are the ones that are the square root of a number that is less then 0.

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ok... my opinion...

1<>0.999999(repeating)

1*10 = 10
0.999_ * 10 = 9.999_ - 0.000_9

i'm assuming that 0.999(rep) is as close as you can posably get to 1 (without actually being one). Unless there is no such number as 0.000_1.

That made about as much cents as a counterfit pennie...

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Another:
http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/0by0.html

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the answer can only be found through calculus andrew11, in lower level mathmatics it is classified as "Undefined".

Quote: "let 0/0 be undefined.

It's a common strategy in teaching to simplify concepts when they are first encountered. In other words, it's common for your teacher to lie to you. I just did! "


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Quote: "If you divide the perimeter of The Great Pyramid by twice it's height you get Pi to 15 decimal places. That's obviously deliberate though."


No it isn't obvious. There's no proof that the ancient Egyptians had formal knowledge of pi.

http://www.jimloy.com/pseudo/pyramid.htm - more info...

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w/e Im not going to hurt my brain over this!

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how do you do pi in db

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