numbers [was Re: understanding probability]

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 06:38:18PM -0700, E K wrote:
> That is not arithmetic. The addition in there doesn't have identity, it doesn't have inverse? Addition and multiplication are the same and simply return the largest number.
> 
> You might as well define that kind of "arithmetic" over any ordered set. For example, over students in a class, like
>         Mark + Julie = Mark, Angelina + Jessica = Jessica 

I don't see anywhere that they actually gave answers to the input.
They give "simplified" form, but that doesn't mean it is the solution
to the stated problem.

So far it still looks like you can't do arithmetic on aleph things
and infinities.

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Len Sorensen
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