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1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

Posted Apr 27, 2011 11:12 UTC (Wed) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)
In reply to: 1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw) by mpr22
Parent article: 1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

1+1 could also (less obviously) be 0, if you consider the group consisting of the set {0,1} and addition modulo 2.


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1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

Posted Apr 27, 2011 23:38 UTC (Wed) by bjacob (subscriber, #58566) [Link]

2 is just 1+1 by definition. In arithmetic modulo 2, 1+2==2==0.

1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

Posted Apr 27, 2011 23:39 UTC (Wed) by bjacob (subscriber, #58566) [Link]

er, i meant 1+1==2==0

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