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Subject: Re: -1 = 1, and 1 = 2 "proofs"
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Date: Sat, 10-Sep-83 12:14:48 EDT
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	[Addendum to previous followup]

	As to the second "proof": x**2 = x + x +....+ x (x times) only
when x is a positive integer. How the hell do you differentiate in a
non-continuum ? The definition of derivative is the limit as x-->Xo.
How do you get it in the set of integers ?

	Hao-Nhien Vu (pur-ee!vu)