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rlopez2 said:
Actually, this whole fraction this and that keeps getting interesting. I had never heard of "meta mathematics".
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I'm sure this is just the beginning of a long, long, list of things that you've never heard of, don't understand, but feel able to ramble on about at great length.
 
The dictionary definitions certainly do not state that, and neither have I - in fact, I gave an example where the denominator was an algebraic expression. A number is just one of the numerous things a denominator can be.
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Amazing! You apparently continue to not get my point! All fractions are essentially algebraic, end of the story!

I wonder what other actual Mathematicians here have to say about that issue, not "you are wrong, crazy, ..." "skeptical", USG suckers kinds of folks. It is truly amazing!
 
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rlopez2 said:
Amazing! You apparently continue to not get my point! All fractions are essentially algebraic, end of the story!

I wonder what other actual Mathematicians here have to say about that issue, not "you are wrong, crazy, ..." "skeptical", USG suckers kinds of folks. It is truly amazing!
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While you seem to be doing this to change the subject. It kinda of way off topic for this thread.

so:

Lets go back to why you won't apologize for the actions of a conquistador having your last name?
 
Just a strange aversion to using a simple mathematical term in its universally accepted sense.
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Part of the confusion is that English' Latin roots are not that strong (in those times all scientists wrote/spoke Latin), but "denominator" means literally "namer". In German they quite literally use the word "Nenner" ("namer")

That confusion is the reason why people say they can't understand fractions.

As a counter example: Do you consider the numbers in a "telephone number" to be actual numbers? Do you add and divide them?

One of the most interesting issues of the Philosophy of Mathematics is that even though denominators aren't numbers, their prime factorization is used while adding (and subtracting) them to build equivalent fractions to marshal them into having the same "name".

Math and Musik are my favorite medicine unfortunately not "my nurses'" and "my mother" ...

You have succesfuly driven me out of this thread. I don't think that you are right because you gang up against me on such supposedly basic issue. One of the tactics of perps is ad hominen demonization and using an aspect of something you have said and bang, bang, bang on it, apparently trying to make you "understand" how wrong you are ... I made truths explicit and even explained, made you understand it to the point that, as any one could see, you had to start trying to rationalize your way out of it.
 
Inventing the perp-snitch ratio is a good example - no one but RL uses it.
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Actually, every ones is tacitly using to describe the degree of genocide by USG when they talk **** about Nazism. One of the favorite topics on that propaganda story called Western History.

Also, skepticals, I have a very simple question for you. How exactly does it make a difference if a demonstrable truth is "used" or not by whomever?
 
Wow! He finally figured out the "quote" button! Shame he then removes the back references so it's still a nuisance to work out what he's replying to but at least he shows some progress.
Or he's just crafting quote tags instead.
 
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rlopez2 said:
Actually, every ones is tacitly using to describe the degree of genocide by USG when they talk **** about Nazism. One of the favorite topics on that propaganda story called Western History.

Also, skepticals, I have a very simple question for you. How exactly does it make a difference if a demonstrable truth is "used" or not by whomever?
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Wrong.

Your delusions are yours alone.
 
rlopez2 said:
Part of the confusion is that English' Latin roots are not that strong (in those times all scientists wrote/spoke Latin), but "denominator" means literally "namer". In German they quite literally use the word "Nenner" ("namer")

That confusion is the reason why people say they can't understand fractions.
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The etymology of a word is the reason for the lack of mathematical understanding? When I was learning about fractions in school, etymology wasn't even mentioned. It was like it was a completely different subject or something.
 
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As a counter example: Do you consider the numbers in a "telephone number" to be actual numbers? Do you add and divide them?
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They're certainly numbers, but numbers which are used purely to act as unique identifiers aren't usually added or divided, no. I mean, I suppose you could, but nothing meaningful would be achieved.

The denominators of fractions like a third or a half, on the other hand, are numbers which can be meaningfully divided into the number which is the numerator.

Still not seeing a point to any of this.

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The etymology of a word is the reason for the lack of mathematical understanding? When I was learning about fractions in school, etymology wasn't even mentioned. It was like it was a completely different subject or something.
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I don't understand why he keeps banging on about etymology either. It's completely irrelevant, so I just ignore it.
 
I'd pretty much given up making any sense of the OP's musings and was about to unsubscribe when I saw the discussion about the meaning of the mathematical term denominator, and the request for mathematicians to comment, and chimed in to confirm the accuracy of the definitions being cited. Big mistake. :(
 
rlopez2 said:
Actually, every ones is tacitly using to describe the degree of genocide by USG when they talk **** about Nazism. One of the favorite topics on that propaganda story called Western History.

Also, skepticals, I have a very simple question for you. How exactly does it make a difference if a demonstrable truth is "used" or not by whomever?
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I thought you had been "driven out" of the thread?

What changed your mind within 4 minutes?
 
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