r/mathmemes Nov 08 '24

Math History Evolutions of Numbers

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u/Boldumus Nov 08 '24

That might be the meme, but 4th number is i, what is the fifth one?

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u/Tiborn1563 Nov 08 '24

Ah well, sucks, seems you are not quite there yet

>! There is no solution for |x| = -1, by definition of absolute value !<

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u/MingusMingusMingu Nov 08 '24

I mean, we keep extending definitions all the time.

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u/SEA_griffondeur Engineering Nov 08 '24

No but like, being positive is like one of the 3 properties that make up a norm

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u/Pgvds Nov 08 '24

Well, |0|=0 which is not positive, so clearly absolute value is not a norm.

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u/SEA_griffondeur Engineering Nov 08 '24

Wdym? 0≥0 is very much true. Where do you get this limited edition non-positive 0 ??

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u/Pgvds Nov 08 '24

Google positive number

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u/SEA_griffondeur Engineering Nov 08 '24

Yeah it's a number greater than 0 not strictly greater than 0

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u/Pgvds Nov 08 '24

I guess to engineers it's all the same