The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoA quick Chinese lessonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down15
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minus-square8oow3291d@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoIn the history of mathematics, -1 was understood waaaay before 0. For the Greeks, doing 1-1 would be invalid, something close to dividing by zero for us.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoDividing by zero is well understood and sometimes even well defined.
In the history of mathematics, -1 was understood waaaay before 0.
For the Greeks, doing 1-1 would be invalid, something close to dividing by zero for us.
Dividing by zero is well understood and sometimes even well defined.