Mark Wagner wrote:
> Matt Giwer wrote in message <37D20FB5.377766EF@giwersworld.org>...
> > First rigorously define the means of proof as in math and we can
> >go from there. 1=1 by definition because it is math. It is the
> >foundation of math that the symbols mean the same at all times. A
> >is A.
> This is one of the basic postulates of all mathematics, just like the
> parallel postulate is one of the basic postulates of Euclidean geometry.
> Assume the postulate is untrue, and you get a different mathematics.
If you assume 1 is not equal to 1 you negate mathmatics. It is
on the order of negating lines rather than assuming they are or
not parallel.
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