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Re: 0^0=1
Posted:
Apr 24, 2012 11:15 AM
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DonH wrote:
> > "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in news:R4Zkr.5998$v14.1462
> > @viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com:
> >
> >> Every number should be associated with a physical entity.
> As for "(6 apples) X (6 apples)", this is a nonsense, as we've already
> established that we are dealing with apples. 6 x 6, of apples, can be
> re-stated as addition (multiplication is a shorthand way of adding).
To all of us bar you, 6 x 6 apples is just 36 apples. But you want
every number to be associated with a physical entity, so, for you it
must mean (6 ...) x (6 apples). What physical entity is that ...?
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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