weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down140
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minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 hours agoThe 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.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoIs not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?
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.
Is not 12+12Z the exact same coset as 0+12Z? Is 12 not the identity element? Must group theory follow computer science conventions?