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October 7th, 2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Only when subtracting.
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Or squaring.
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October 7th, 2005, 04:28 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Which is multiplying.
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October 7th, 2005, 05:17 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Which techincally could be a form of addition.
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October 7th, 2005, 07:24 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
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.
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October 7th, 2005, 09:37 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Determinant is a mathematical term, but it is used with matrices, not multiplication.
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October 7th, 2005, 10:47 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
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.
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October 8th, 2005, 02:34 AM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
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.
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