Re: A83: math poem


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Re: A83: math poem




At 10:04 PM 8/17/98 PDT, you wrote:
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>>
>>                      We'll first assume that y plus 3
>>                          Is equal to the letter b
>>
>>                                    y+3=b
>> .....
>>
>>
>>                         It's possible to factorize
>>                    And soon you won't believe your eyes
>>
>>                              y(b-y-3)=b(b-y-3)
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>only one problem.  if y+3=b then b-y-3=0, and as we all (should) know, 
>you can't divide by zero (which is essentially what you are doing by 
>cancelling). :)  Good attempt at destroying mathematics though.
>

I think he already knew that (as well as a lot of other people on this list).