3+3 is NOT 6

3+3=2x3 is a more correct aswer

if you on the other hand said 3+3 / 1 THEN the answer would be 6

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get it?

who said math and philosophy dont go well together

 

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What are you talking about?

3+3 = 6*1 also.... 1.5*4...

 

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you didnt get my point. it must be my english.

yes 6*1 IS 6, but only because there is only one 6 in it.
but if you said 1*6, the answer would be 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, and 1.
or 1+1+1+1+1+1. there would be six 1's, and no 6'es.

1.5*4 on the other hand is simply 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, and 1.5, not 6, also because there are no 6'es in it. if you count the numbers there will only be four 1.5's in there, and no 6'es!

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How would you write out the sum for 1/2?

 

Sounds like he's playing games with semantics. Depending on the number system you use, you can get all kinds of weird answers.

For example, if you take the ireal numbers mod 1, then you have

0 + 1 = 0
1 + 1 = 0
0.5 + 1 = 0.5.

Get it?

 

2+2+2=3*2....
1+1+1+1+1=5*1...
9+9+9+9+9+9=6*9...

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Symbols vs values can be a fun game to play.

 

Freestyle, multiplication is defined as repeated addition.

 

Only for the integers.

\(\sqrt{2}*\pi\) = ?

 

Picky, picky.

Note well: I am talking about the addition and multiplication that people have performed for thousands of years, not some strange mathematical invention.

Multiplication of the reals is defined by extension from the multiplication of the rationals. Multiplication of the rationals is defined by extension from multiplication of integers. Multiplication of the integers is defined as extended addition.

I haven't the foggiest idea what freestyle is going after. Freestyle: What is \(\sqrt 2 + \pi\)?

 

Sorry, i do not understand what you said!

 

Freestyle, in addition to the above, what is 4+7?

Maybe 4*1 + 7*1? But you want to remove the "+," right? so how do we do this interms in 4 and 7?

 

one spoon + one spoon = 2 spoons
one fork + one spoon = 1*2

 

1 spoon + 1 spoon = 1 spoon & 1 spoon

 

There is no spoon.

(hey, someone had to do it!)

 

Whaaa??

adding a fork and spoon does not equal multiplying a fork and spoon.

spoon=x
fork=y

which means your statement above would look more like:
x+x=2x
y+x=y+x. it does not = yx

 

Ok, this thread is making less sense than it did since I first replied.

 

two eating utensils.

 

True, but dude wasn't abstract about his variables. He specifically labeled them 'fork' and 'spoon'.
Example,

One fruit + one fruit = two fruits (x+x=2x)

BUT,

one apple + one orange = one orange and one apple (x+y=(x+y))