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minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoWhich is basically just counting a certain distance as long as it’s just integers.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI remember the day I learned how multiplication worked. I described it as adding repeatedly.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoTo me repeating something a finite number of times implies iterating in order which is basically counting. But that might be because I do a lot of maths and programming.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThat’s like saying algebra is just spelling with a twist 😄
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoHow so? Isn’t using the successor of a successor until you reach 0 or 1 standard for natural numbers or ints?
Which is basically just counting a certain distance as long as it’s just integers.
I remember the day I learned how multiplication worked.
I described it as adding repeatedly.
To me repeating something a finite number of times implies iterating in order which is basically counting. But that might be because I do a lot of maths and programming.
That’s like saying algebra is just spelling with a twist 😄
How so? Isn’t using the successor of a successor until you reach 0 or 1 standard for natural numbers or ints?