+1-1=1

Why is this not incorrect?

I wish I knew the right way to ask this Poser without giving it away...

if you have 1 infinity and remove 1 infinity, you still have 1 infinity. was it something like that?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Why is this not incorrect?

I wish I knew the right way to ask this Poser without giving it away...

+1-1=1
this goes to...
+1-1-1=0 when you bring over the 1
thus you're saying that -1=0 not good (the universe implodes or something)

we could also try something crazy and rewrite it as...
+1-(1=1)
same as...
1-1
therefore =0
function stands, though I think it's bad mathematical etiquette to have the brackets on either side of the equals sign, like a split infinitive.

Originally posted by agryson
+1-1=1
this goes to...
+1-1-1=0 when you bring over the 1
thus you're saying that -1=0 not good (the universe implodes or something)

we could also try something crazy and rewrite it as...
+1-(1=1)
same as...
1-1
therefore =0
function stands, though I think it's bad mathematical etiquette to have the brackets on either side of the equals sign, like a split infinitive.

but it may not be a math problem, that's my point, from what I can see, it can only be true if we add things that aren't given (which is too arbitrary a problem) so I don't think it's simply maths.

oh, and brackets can be on opposite sides of an = sign, it just prevents it from being an equation on its own. it's a messy way of abbreviating without having to resort to asides.

Perhaps that's a result after a chess match. In that case +1-1=1 means that the player, who has this result, won one game, lost one and drew one.

because +1 is the same as 1

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Why is this not incorrect?

Originally posted by kbaumen
Perhaps that's a result after a chess match. In that case +1-1=1 means that the player, who has this result, won one game, lost one and drew one.

-1 = 1
Proof:
-1 = sqr(-1)^2 = sqr(-1) * sqr(-1) = sqr(-1 * -1) = sqr(1) = 1
Hence -1 = 1

Originally posted by FabianFnas
-1 = 1
Proof:
-1 = sqr(-1)^2 = sqr(-1) * sqr(-1) = sqr(-1 * -1) = sqr(1) = 1
Hence -1 = 1