very improper fractions

Feb 18, 2009 21:28

Thanks to the invention of integers one can subtract anything from anything as much as one likes. However, this innovation has done nothing for the efforts in division. Until now. Traditionally: 8/3 = 2r2 = 2 2/3 but, if you carry it out one more step: 8/3 = 3r-1 = 3 -1/3. Furthermore: 8/3 = 4r-3 = 4 -4/3 or go as far as one likes (so far as I can ( Read more... )

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anonymous February 25 2009, 08:17:18 UTC
You are a sick man.
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