God and Math

[Sphere]

0 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 +...
= (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) +...
= 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 +...
= 1 + ( -1 + 1) + ( -1 + 1) + ( -1 + 1) +...
= 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 +... = 1

Thus, something may be created from nothing.

Thus, God does not need to exist.

Well, something wrong. Because at the end of your problem(whereever the end is), you will be left with a -1(which it turn cancels out the first 1) thus leaving you still = to 0. Lemme demonstrate with something similiar.

0 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 (four zeros)

0 = (5-5) + (5-5) + (5-5) + (5-5) (each zero becomes 5-5)

0 = 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 (parenthesis removed)

0 = 5 + (-5 + 5) + (-5 + 5) + (-5 + 5) - 5 (parenthesis added--notice im still ultimately left with -5 which will cancel out the first 5.)

0 = 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 - 5
0=0

This is of course assuming the problem isnt infinite. But..numbers are techinicially infinite so..where am I going with this? I dont know.

 

[Late_Cretaceous]

Hmmm

Σ everything = 0

cool concept

 

[Aeschylus]

Well, something wrong. Because at the end of your problem(whereever the end is), you will be left with a -1(which it turn cancels out the first 1) thus leaving you still = to 0. Lemme demonstrate with something similiar.

0 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 (four zeros)

0 = (5-5) + (5-5) + (5-5) + (5-5) (each zero becomes 5-5)

0 = 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 5 (parenthesis removed)

0 = 5 + (-5 + 5) + (-5 + 5) + (-5 + 5) - 5 (parenthesis added--notice im still ultimately left with -5 which will cancel out the first 5.)

0 = 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 - 5
0=0

This is of course assuming the problem isnt infinite. But..numbers are techinicially infinite so..where am I going with this? I dont know.

You can't do like that I'm afarid as there is no last term. As I said infinite strings like this are not generally defined in algebraic systems, wee can howver look at the sum to infinity which as I said is the limit of the sequence of partial sums of a series, but by defintion there is no last term in an infinite series.

 

[Mish]

I know someone who did thier thesis on the properties of zero. In terms of +0 and -0. Numbers tending to thereof. Brain a'splode.

 

[raphael_aa]

This kind of reminds me of a slightly geeky puzzle I saw a while ago:
x = y
x^2 = xy
x^2 - 2xy = -xy
2(x^2) - 2xy = x^2 - xy
2(x^2 - xy) = x^2 - xy
2 = 1

That one's wrong because in the 2nd last line since x=y, dividing by x^2-xy is dividing by zerp, a big no no.

 

[Avtoritet]

0 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 +...
= (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) +...
= 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 +...
= 1 + ( -1 + 1) + ( -1 + 1) + ( -1 + 1) +...
= 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 +... = 1

Thus, something may be created from nothing.

Thus, God does not need to exist.

1=0 ???? whoever wrote this needs to take a course in math!!!