Tom O'Neil Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 ~LL>~L L=L ~L*L=0 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to?
Acme Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 Too little information given to draw a conclusion.
Sensei Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Is = operator of comparison? Is > operator of greater than? Is * operator of multiplication? Do 0 means what it means for everybody in this world? What does operator ~ ? In programming it's bitwise NOT operator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operations_in_C#Bitwise_NOT_.22.7E.22_.2F_one.27s_complement_.28unary.29 What is default operator between ~L and L in statement ~LL ? Edited November 1, 2016 by Sensei
imatfaal Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 a. ~LL>~L b. L=L c. ~L*L=0 d. 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to? 1. For two object to multiply together to give zero © one of them MUST be zero - so either L or ~L is zero 2. From (a) and (1) we know that ~L is less than a product which must equal zero. Thus ~L is negative and has an absolute value which is not zero 3. From (d) we have confirmation that ~L is negative 4. From (b) we gain no new information So presuming normal rules have applied we can say that L=0 and that ~L is negative a. 0 times any negative is greater than any negative , 0>any negative b. 0=0 c. any negative * 0 = zero d. zero is greater than any negative Thats all you can say L=0 , ~L<0 1
TakenItSeriously Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) ~LL>~L L=L ~L*L=0 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to? just a guess. ~L = anti-L, where L is some positive number? Edited November 2, 2016 by TakenItSeriously
imatfaal Posted November 3, 2016 Posted November 3, 2016 just a guess. ~L = anti-L, where L is some positive number? What is anti-L ? The only possible meaning I can bring to mind is the reciprocal; but that would mean that L* ~L = 1.
Tom O'Neil Posted November 3, 2016 Author Posted November 3, 2016 Thank you everyone for trying this. I will release the answer in about a month from the original post.
TakenItSeriously Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) What is anti-L ? The only possible meaning I can bring to mind is the reciprocal; but that would mean that L* ~L = 1. lol, I don't know. It's pretty lame. I started out thinking it was -1 since you could prove 1= -1 using imaginary numbers until I saw I had misread the problem somehow and tried to fix it. next thinking it could involve some kind of logical equation which took me on a weird tangent. It's dumb, I know. Edited November 11, 2016 by TakenItSeriously
AbstractDreamer Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Disambiguate: ~(LL)>~L OR (~L)L>~L ~(L*L)=0 OR (~L)*L=0
Tom O'Neil Posted November 23, 2016 Author Posted November 23, 2016 1. For two object to multiply together to give zero © one of them MUST be zero - so either L or ~L is zero 2. From (a) and (1) we know that ~L is less than a product which must equal zero. Thus ~L is negative and has an absolute value which is not zero 3. From (d) we have confirmation that ~L is negative 4. From (b) we gain no new information So presuming normal rules have applied we can say that L=0 and that ~L is negative a. 0 times any negative is greater than any negative , 0>any negative b. 0=0 c. any negative * 0 = zero d. zero is greater than any negative Thats all you can say L=0 , ~L<0 Great job imatfaal, I made this little problem up in 10 minutes time. I decided to release the answer early for the holidays.~L<0, funny I put the answer in visible site and still people were having a tough go at it. ~L= any negative number!
AbstractDreamer Posted December 1, 2016 Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) You didn't disambiguate. So given ~(L*L)=0 As ~0 [math] \neq [/Math] 0 Therefore L [math] \neq [/Math] 0 Edited December 1, 2016 by AbstractDreamer
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