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Imaginary numbers? So last century. (1 Viewer)

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... .... .... ____/¯¯¯¯¯\____
.... ..... ___/ ............. \
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/ ........................ \


oh iit looked much better in notepad.
 

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dawso said:
yep, damn straight lion, the people u see here are the future of space travel, medicine and anything else intelligent, go team 4unit!
Quite frankly, I'm worried :D
 

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.........^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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....l...........|_|_|..........|_|_|...............|
....l...........|_|_|..........|_|_|...............|
....l...................____.........................|
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__I_________I___ I____________I_____|_ |_ |____

I rule. *hides from dawso*
 

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hello = h x e x l x l x o = hel<sup>2</sup>o

another example

mathematics = m x a (ya get the point ) = m<sup>2</sup>a<sup>2</sup>t<sup>2</sup>heics

how interesting would that be, especially decoding words with more multiples :)

i knew english was maths!
 

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Slide Rule said:
.........^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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....l............___...........___................|
....l...........|_|_|..........|_|_|...............|
....l...........|_|_|..........|_|_|...............|
....l...................____.........................|
....l...................|......|.........................|
....l...................|......|.........................|.........@..@.@
__I_________I___ I____________I_____|_ |_ |____

I rule. *hides from dawso*
You get better effects replacing the spaces with a key that is approximately equal.

Eg. f
 

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HOLY CRAP im buying THAT house.
although i would liek to have a bigger yard.
 

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Li0n said:
this is what i love about the ext-2 forum
Be thankful for your extremly lax mods ...

Just a slight move guys.

Now someone calcuate the volume of Slide Rules house. I get (pi) ...
 

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Slide Rule said:
Move on to fake numbers. Much more interesting.

Let f be such that |f|=-1.
Not really along the same lines, but almost:

the (regular) absolute value of a number is the distance from the origin.

You can define, on the rationals, other types of absolute values (though it is always a non-negative number) based on its prime factorisation (prime factorisation of the numerator and denominator). From this, you get (after a huge leap) the p-adic numbers. The p-adic numbers form a set disjoint from the (real and) complex numbers.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/p-adicNumber.html
 

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this thread is of such high Appreciation in the Beauty and Elegance of mathematics
 

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somenoe here explain to me 0/0
i googled it, people say its called indeterminate but i still dont understand.
0/0 can exist.

wait..
some of it can.... :/
 
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0/0 is dunefined by definition. It will always be that way unless you change an axiom pertaining to it.
 

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Li0n said:
somenoe here explain to me 0/0
i googled it, people say its called indeterminate but i still dont understand.
0/0 can exist.

wait..
some of it can.... :/
By definition a fraction cannot be divided by zero.

Look at it this way:

You have a box of area 0m<sup>2</sup> and some things to put in that box, also of area 0m<sup>2</sup>. Now no matter how many or how few of these things (even down to zero) you put in that box, it will still be full. So it hence can be anything :. undefined.
 

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Guys, 0/0 is my wildcard number.


Look:
Let 0/0 = 1
0 = 0*1
0=0, statement true

0/0 = 2
0=2*0
0=0, statement true

0/0= pi
0=0*pi
0=0, statement true

i.e. 0/0 = whatever will best suit you in solving the question ^______^
 

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Let 0/0=rorix
0=0*rorix
0=0^2=rorix^2
.'. rorix=0
 

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if i can post, i can't be nothing
proof by contradiction
QED
 

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Slide Rule said:
Let 0/0=rorix
0=0*rorix
0=0^2=rorix^2
.'. rorix=0
indeed, the same process can be applied to you.
and to me..
are we all = 0?
 

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mojako said:
indeed, the same process can be applied to you.
and to me..
are we all = 0?
No, just those of us who choose to believe that such a number exists.
 

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