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    23 hours ago

    The galaxy-brained group known as “Z12 + 1”. “What if we did modular arithmetic but one-indexed.”

    Edit: Actually, wait, it’s worse: zero-indexing but we represent the zero element in Zn as ‘n’. Kill it with fire.

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      19 hours ago

      Is not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?