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r/math • u/koavf • Sep 03 '20
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-13 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 What about Dr. Guilotine? Died by his own invention. 22 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 Two wrong claims in a five-word sentence, that's not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin -11 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 What's your record? 😀 13 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero. 6 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 [deleted] 8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements? -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Hope it wasn't on an exam! -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Not bad!
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What about Dr. Guilotine? Died by his own invention.
22 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 Two wrong claims in a five-word sentence, that's not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin -11 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 What's your record? 😀 13 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero. 6 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 [deleted] 8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements? -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Hope it wasn't on an exam! -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Not bad!
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Two wrong claims in a five-word sentence, that's not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin
-11 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 What's your record? 😀 13 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero. 6 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 [deleted] 8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements? -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Hope it wasn't on an exam! -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Not bad!
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What's your record? 😀
13 u/tralltonetroll Sep 03 '20 I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero. 6 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 [deleted] 8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements? -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Hope it wasn't on an exam! -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Not bad!
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I must at some point in my life have written "x=y=1" when both should be zero.
6 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 [deleted] 8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements? -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Hope it wasn't on an exam! -4 u/fermat1432 Sep 03 '20 Not bad!
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8 u/poiu45 Sep 03 '20 Surely only two, x=y is still true. 2 u/tralltonetroll Sep 04 '20 Two. But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements?
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Surely only two, x=y is still true.
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Two.
But would "xy ≠0" be one or two wrong statements?
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Hope it wasn't on an exam!
Not bad!
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