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I think this is basically a “shock value” interpretation of a more subtle statement. Obviously adding strictly-positive numbers does not result in a negative nu
by asfarley 7y ago
I think this is basically a “shock value” interpretation of a more subtle statement. Obviously adding strictly-positive numbers does not result in a negative number under normal arithmetic. Check the numberphile video and you may be simultaneously irritated and disappointed.
- stan_rogers 7y agoBurkard Polster's (Mathologer) videos on the subject are probably going to be more useful than Numberphile. Numberphile merely presents a trick; Mathologer points out both that it's patent nonsense [0] and that it's useful patent nonsense [1]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIIjLr6vUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIIjLr6vUA [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcKRGpMiVTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcKRGpMiVTw