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Re:0^0 by Retric on Thursday April 03, 2014 @12:04AM (#7520874)
Not quite, just as in calculus you end up rediscovering some old geometry formulas there are branches of mathematics where you end up rediscovering 2 such that 1 + 1 equals it. Other options include 1 + 1 = 0 or 1+1 = 1.
Re:0^0 by gordaco on Thursday April 03, 2014 @12:40AM (#7520991)
But 1+1=0 or 1+1=1 happens because you are redefining the operator + (sometimes subtly, like using it over Z2), so what rickhanlonii said still holds. 1+1 is 2 if you're using the usual definition of sum, i.e., addition over integers or a superset of integers.
Re:0^0 by Retric on Thursday April 03, 2014 @09:28AM (#7522619)
You missed the point 1 + 1 = 2 depends on the definition of '1', '+', '=', and '2'. The first case where this maters is probably binary where '2' does not exist, but that's hardly the only time 1+1 != 2.