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Your'e right, but you don't have to assume that multiplication is distributive over addition. You can build math without that assumption. It gets weird, but it'
by edanm 16y ago
Your'e right, but you don't have to assume that multiplication is distributive over addition. You can build math without that assumption. It gets weird, but it's very interesting to see that so many things we take for granted about mathematics are really just conventions.
- crazyjimbo 16y agoVery true, but I like my numbers to behave like... well, numbers. You can define consistent algebras but I'd argue with you if you tried to call them numbers.