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- From: kosowsky@minerva.harvard.edu (Jeffrey J. Kosowsky)
- Subject: Re: Calculus Puzzle
- In-Reply-To: sbardhan@uncc.edu's message of Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:37:00 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:33:05 GMT
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- In article <BzFoLp.EHs@unccsun.uncc.edu> sbardhan@uncc.edu (Soumendu Bardhan) writes:
- > X + X + X + X +X.... X times = X^2
- > Differtiating both sides w.r.t X we get
- >
- > 1 + 1 + 1 + .....X times = 2X
- > or , X = 2X
- > as X may not be Zero
- > 1 = 2.
- >
- >
- > --Soumendu, UNCC
-
- This is an *old*, *stale* crackpot "proof". It is neither clever nor
- original. Please have the courtesy not to waste the time and
- resources of other net users with more silly "proofs" of "1=2". We
- are all sick and tired of endless "1=2" threads. If you really have a
- question, then pose a question. "Puzzles" belong on rec.puzzles.
-
- Jeff Kosowsky
-