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Here's another. The number one, in the mathematical sense, remains the same value, regardless of the time or galaxy that you discuss the number 'one'. Mind you,
by powerbroker 4y ago
Here's another. The number one, in the mathematical sense, remains the same value, regardless of the time or galaxy that you discuss the number 'one'. Mind you, I'm not describing the 'one' as tied to a physical quality like temperature, mass, heat transfer etc.
- robbedpeter 4y agoI'm going to challenge this based on the idea of fractal geometries, wherein a universe exists in which the number 1 doesn't exist.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoThat's not really true, there is a mathematical system where 0=1. It's just... Not very interesting, aside from it's existence.
- skissane 4y agoThat's not really true, there is a mathematical system (maybe even more than one) where "0=1", but when we say "1", we are not talking about what "1" refers to in such a system, we are talking about what "1" refers to in some mathematical system(s) in which "0≠1"
- throwawaymaths 4y agoNope. One is the multiplicative identity and zero is the additive identity. There's no a priori reason why the same number can't be both.