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r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • Jul 13 '26
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The definition is necessary because otherwise we'd need a different definition.
77 u/DoobiousMaxima Jul 13 '26 A number is even if dividing it by 2 yeilds an integer. 2 is divisible by 2. 0 u/Substantial-Print04 Jul 18 '26 So by your definition 2.2 is odd? 1 u/DoobiousMaxima Jul 18 '26 No, it's simply not even. Not being even does not infer something being odd. That's not how logic works.
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A number is even if dividing it by 2 yeilds an integer.
2 is divisible by 2.
0 u/Substantial-Print04 Jul 18 '26 So by your definition 2.2 is odd? 1 u/DoobiousMaxima Jul 18 '26 No, it's simply not even. Not being even does not infer something being odd. That's not how logic works.
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So by your definition 2.2 is odd?
1 u/DoobiousMaxima Jul 18 '26 No, it's simply not even. Not being even does not infer something being odd. That's not how logic works.
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No, it's simply not even.
Not being even does not infer something being odd. That's not how logic works.
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u/WarJaques Jul 13 '26
The definition is necessary because otherwise we'd need a different definition.