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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:29 pm

Felix_the_Cat

Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Posts: 177

0/0 doesn't equal 0, it is undefined for the set of real numbers.

Infinity doesn't equal 1/0 because a) 1/0 is undefined and b) infinity doesn't have a value.

anyways yeah dividing by zero is cool anyways, you break maths when you do.
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:11 pm

mattz1010

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 885

Lleu wrote:
011


No, because the fibonacci sequence adds itself to the previous number.
n
n1 + n2 = n3
n3 + n2 = n4
n4 + n3 = n5
Etc.

If the first number was 0, then your sequence would be

0
0+0 = 0
0+0 = 0

ad nauseum.

therefore, the fibonacci sequence starts at 1.

Oh, and johnnybegood, 0/0 is not equal to 0.
that man is not chuck norris, he can't divide by 0.
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:55 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Posts: 153

Then what are you adding one to to get one? There has to be two arbitrary starting numbers. Also....
http://www.goldenmeangauge.co.uk/fibonacci.htm
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:46 pm

Tankdown

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 688

The number I wish was replaced was Pi. From what I read of einstein theories I learn that Pi or even a straight line can not exist.

Then again we mite end up with more numbers then Pi... Laughing
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:01 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Posts: 153

Can you elaborate on that? How can a real number not exist?
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:13 pm

Tankdown

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 688

Simple, in einsteins general theory of relativity. Gravity bends spacetime, because of that straight lines can not exist. Not sure how Pi is false, I know its circles the same princples. But I think it wouldnt really matter in most terms. Seeing that numbers like this would only fail useless when near high energy levels. Such as the big bang would be one.
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:44 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
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Unless space/time was bent in such a way that a bent line straightened out. But I'll shut up until I take a year or two of non-Euclidean geometry.
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:56 pm

Felix_the_Cat

Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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god I hate it when people try to sound smarter than they are.
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Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:51 pm

Tankdown

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 688

Felix_the_Cat wrote:
god I hate it when people try to sound smarter than they are.


Your welcome to correct me, which is by the way what I say once in a while and if you understand my singulaure you would see that one of the things it means is that "I WANT YOU TO CORRECT ME!".

Which is lovely when Llue gave the idea of spacetime bending in a way to form Euclidean space!

Besides,...its not like other people don't like sounding smart. If I was, I'm sorry and wasnt aware of it.

Llue I'm curious what you think of a open/close and flat universe?
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Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:42 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
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No idea what you're talking about. I don't even know the definition of a line when taken outside of Euclidean geometry.
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Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:57 pm

Tankdown

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
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What I mean by open and close and flat universe is different forms of the universe. Normaly it goes by other names (which escapes me).

I pretty much what I'm saying is what do you think about space? I remember reading once about mathican who made space look like a cone.
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Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:10 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
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Don't know enough to have a view.
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Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:44 pm

Felix_the_Cat

Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Posts: 177

Tankdown wrote:
Felix_the_Cat wrote:
god I hate it when people try to sound smarter than they are.


Your welcome to correct me, which is by the way what I say once in a while and if you understand my singulaure you would see that one of the things it means is that "I WANT YOU TO CORRECT ME!".

Which is lovely when Llue gave the idea of spacetime bending in a way to form Euclidean space!

Besides,...its not like other people don't like sounding smart. If I was, I'm sorry and wasnt aware of it.

Llue I'm curious what you think of a open/close and flat universe?


I know enough about physics to know that straight lines certainly aren't impossible, but I don't know enough to prove it. Sorta like if I said "the formula for the surface area of a torus whose cross-section is a quadratic is 1+1=2" - you'd know enough to know that I'm wrong, but probably not enough to tell me what the right answer is.

As far as pi, it's mathematically for any given real number not to exist (as much as any number can be said to exist).
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