Re: This is not just John K Clark

Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:25:49 -0700

Not JK Clark Said:

>A = B
>
>Multiply both sides by A and you have
>
>A^2 = A*B
>
>Now add A^2 -2*a*B to both sides
>
NOTE that A^2 - 2*A*b = - A*B

>A^2 + A^2 -2*a*B = A*B + A^2 -2*A*B
>
Resulting in 0 = 0

>Using basic algebra this can be simplified to
>
>2*( A^2 -A*B) = A^2 -A*B
>

So, 2 * 0 = 0

>Now just divide both sides by A^2 -A*B (which evaluates to 0)

Here is the illegal operation, division by Zero is UNDEFINED,

and we get
>
>2 = 1

Ian will love this!

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