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Impossible Math
AGlass0fMilk:
So no rope?
FlyGuy45:
--- Quote from: Loz on July 29, 2009, 01:02:06 PM ---Wait a minute. If you've dug a 20 feet deep hole, even if you stop digging, you still won't be getting out...
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Exactly.
Niliscro:
--- Quote from: tails on July 28, 2009, 11:27:27 PM ----snip-
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Mindforget! D:
It would have to come out of itself D:
fireball:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on July 29, 2009, 12:10:06 PM ---I see your logic, but it's an issue of semantics as to whether the problem is broken or not. When you divide by the same number on both sides of the equation, even if it is undefined, the equality remains true.
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The problem is, we are dividing out variables, which cuts out solutions. The equation is still true, but you just got rid of an infinite number of solutions. Normally, this would be okay and we could plug in what we get from the new equation to check for extraneous solutions in the original equation. But, the variable in the parenthesis (x-y) can ONLY equal 0. Dividing by 0 is an illegal step. The problem is obviously broken by that step.
General Omega:
Tails, doing that, you effectively destroyed everything. Duplicating the same particles in two places = nothing.
Unfortunately, nothing is a paradox and will replace the universe almost instantaniously
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I need more rest. I did not see the other 3 pages.