A Tangent: There Was A Time

[narf poit chez BOOM]

It only resembles addition. It is in fact grouping by a *determinant.

* Word made up on the spot by me. I dunno if it's actually a word.

[Fyron]

Determinant is a mathematical term, but it is used with matrices, not multiplication.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The other number in a multiplication determines how many groups there are, and wether it is positive or negative interacts with wether the other number is positive or negative to determine wether the answer is positive or negative.

'Determinant' fits until someone tells me a better word.

[Will]

Technically, the numbers in a multiplication operation are 'multiplicand' and 'multiplier'.

And also technically, a determinant involves multiplication (the summation of 2n products of n terms, with n of those products being added, and n being subtracted, in a matrix of n by n terms; determinant is only meaningful in a square matrix).

And finally, back on topic. I tend to like it when the days get shorter, because it's cooler outside, and I don't feel like I need to be urgently doing something as much when it's dark. It gives me more time to relax, which I think is a good thing. Maybe I'll begin thinking differently when I'm not a full-time student with two part-time jobs.

--edit: spelling mistake.