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"_facts_ (such as, for a simple one, that adding one unit to another results in having two units)" That is not a fact, that is just a consequence of certain se
by fhars 13y ago
"_facts_ (such as, for a simple one, that adding one unit to another results in having two units)"
That is not a fact, that is just a consequence of certain sets of axioms, but not of others. It is patently wrong for addition in GF2, where adding one unit to another results in having zero units.
- gjm11 13y agoNope, not wrong in GF(2) at all. In GF(2), adding one unit to another gives you two units. It just happens that in GF(2) having two units is the same thing as having zero units.