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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by penteract on Saturday November 07, 2026 @10:13PM (#50410112)
Exponentiation is to multiplication as multiplication is to addition. Squaring is to multiplication as doubling is to addition.
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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by jolmg on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:03AM (#50411057)
> Squaring is to multiplication as doubling is to addition.

as halving is to addition.

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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by penteract on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:22AM (#50411129)
Square rooting is to multiplication as halving is to addition.
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