Re: JSH: Operator ambiguity, Escultura

From: Richard Schorn (Richard.Schorn_at_t-online.de)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:11:45 +0100

Dear Mr. Harris
1 = 0 is a well known fact among insiders. There are
hundreds of proofs for this fact. The last one was
published by an Australian mathematician:

Jamie Simpson, "A New Proof that 1=0",
JRM vol 32, Number 2, page 142

Regards
Richard Schorn

James Harris wrote among other things:

> So, by the convention, sqrt(4) = 2, and that's good as, -2(-2) = 4, so
> if you say that sqrt(4) = 2 and sqrt(4) = -2, then 2 = -2, and 4 = 0,
> which is not good.
            ^^^^ ???