Werewolf - Priest of Lycan - Game Thread.

[Strikingwolf]

Let me demonstrate what happens if zero had a multiplicative inverse in a ring with 1.

Suppose there was an a with 0*a = 1.
Then 0*a = 0*a + 0 = 0*a + 0*a - (0*a) = (0+0)*a - (0*a) = 0*a - (0*a) = 0.
So we have 1 = 0.
For each b in the ring we have b = 1*b = 0*b = 0. In other words, all elements of the ring are zero.
So you can only divide by zero if nothing else than zero exists.

Actually not. You are forgetting some key things. Such as limits. If we take the limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 we get infinity and here is how the magic happens. You can't do arithmetic on infinite values. It just outright fails. Therefore since your theorem is entirely arithmetic it will fail. Whereas limits are not arithmetic so my theorem stands

 

[Pyure]

Actually not. You are forgetting some key things. Such as limits. If we take the limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 we get infinity and here is how the magic happens. You can't do arithmetic on infinite values. It just outright fails. Therefore since your theorem is entirely arithmetic it will fail. Whereas limits are not arithmetic so my theorem stands

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My cat's breath smells like catfood.

 

[Strikingwolf]

Actually not. You are forgetting some key things. Such as limits. If we take the limit of 1/x as x approaches 0 we get infinity and here is how the magic happens. You can't do arithmetic on infinite values. It just outright fails. Therefore since your theorem is entirely arithmetic it will fail. Whereas limits are not arithmetic so my theorem stands

To go further it is kinda like i If we go by arithmetic there should be no value that when squared gives us -1 to show this.
a^2 = b
+- a = +- sqrt(b)
We get both positive and negative answers. Thus encompassing all the real numbers. However, we can define i as i^2 = -1
It is the same way for infinity. IIRC the way infinity is formally defined is. a/0 = infinity

 

[Pyure]

To go further it is kinda like i If we go by arithmetic there should be no value that when squared gives us -1 to show this.
a^2 = b
+- a = +- sqrt(b)
We get both positive and negative answers. Thus encompassing all the real numbers. However, we can define i as i^2 = -1
It is the same way for infinity. IIRC the way infinity is formally defined is. a/0 = infinity

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I bent my wookie

 

[xTordX]

My banana looks like a lemon,

 

[Strikingwolf]

I just know some math things

 

[buggirlexpres]

When you divide by zero, you do so in a separate thread that does not disrupt the currently ongoing Werewolf game.

 

[xTordX]

Well this thread has gone somewhere... How long until day end? 6:20 h?

 

[Pyure]

Well this thread has gone somewhere... How long until day end? 6:20 h?

7:20 I think

SO.

What would happen if I, say, divided that amount of time by zero?

 

[Strikingwolf]

What would happen if I, say, divided that amount of time by zero?

You'd get infinity

 

[Pyure]

You'd get infinity

...my question incurred less yelling and annoyance than I'd hoped for.

 

[Fraction2]

Duly noted, next game run I'll create a game thread and a math thread.

 

[Pyure]

Duly noted, next game run I'll create a game thread and a math thread.

I think you're missing an opportunity here.
Arithmeticians of Salem? There's four hidden peeps who insist that 4/0 = 0 and will stop at nothing to remove non-believers.
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Nobody? Goddammit not again.

 

[Strikingwolf]

I think you're missing an opportunity here.
Arithmeticians of Salem? There's four hidden peeps who insist that 4/0 = 0 and will stop at nothing to remove non-believers.
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Nobody? Goddammit not again.

Sounds great. I can battle them with limits

 

[SpwnX]

I may be doing engineering, but i ain't claiming anything.
I just know that my scientific calculator gives me a nice "math error" error if i try "anything"/0. Should be enough evidence.
Also limit 1/x (x-> 0) does not actually divide 1/0 but a number infinitely small that approaches to 0.

 

[Strikingwolf]

Also limit 1/x (x-> 0) does not actually divide 1/0 but a number infinitely small that approaches to 0.

Limits are used in all the higher branches of mathematics to do calculations like these that don't make sense. They are taken as fact because a number infinitely close to a that approaches a is...a
Bold = repeating
For example. .9 is a number infinitely close to 1. However, let me prove to you it is 1
x = .9
10x = 9.9
10x - x = 9.9 - x
9x = 9.9 - .9
9x = 9
x = 1

 

[Pyure]

Guys I was kidding, I just wanted to get some ire directed my way. Math is boring (during werewolf).

 

[buggirlexpres]

I'm going to be instituting a rule in my game:
Anyone who talks about something that isn't werewolf related is going to be smited.

 

[Strikingwolf]

Guys I was kidding, I just wanted to get some ire directed my way. Math is boring (during werewolf).

No it isn't :3

I'm going to be instituting a rule in my game:
Anyone who talks about something that isn't werewolf related is going to be smited.

We would all get smote the first day

 

[SpwnX]

That is for sure.

Really, just ignore those posts and move on.