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The same theorem forall c != 0, (a+b)/c = a/c + b/c is true before and after. It may be helpful to observe that while using the same symbol '/' in both cases
by hyperpape 8y ago
The same theorem
forall c != 0, (a+b)/c = a/c + b/c
is true before and after.
It may be helpful to observe that while using the same symbol '/' in both cases is confusing, mathematical theorems are not about symbols, but about particular mathematical objects. The old theorem is about the division relation defined for real numbers != 0, the new one is a relation defined for all real numbers, that just happens to coincide.
- j2kun 8y agoThat is exactly my point. Now you have to disambiguate a poorly-chosen symbol. The theorem doesn't need the stipulation that c != 0 since you have already excluded c from the domain.