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What is 2? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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In ZFC set theory (which most of modern maths is built upon). The natural numbers are defined as recursions of empty sets.

Ie. 0 = ∅ (the empty set)

1 = {∅} = {0}

2 = {∅, {∅}} etc…

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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And engineering is how you use it in the real world

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Engineer: 1.99999 is good enough.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Better just round it to 3 so I can use the π symbol and save space.

[–] sga@lemmings.world 5 points 3 months ago

might as well take a safety factor of 2, so I can use τ, which requires less tie to write than π (I am a engineer)

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

If it was exactly 2 people would think you were falsifying results.

2 is the successor of 1

holup, what the hell is a "1"? did you mean to say succ(0) by chance?

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Two can be as bad as one

It's the lonliest number since the number one

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mathematics is the art of folding emptiness til it looks like meaning

I am Man I Fold, and thus I Am Math.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

0 is the empty set.

1 is the set containing only 0.

2 is the set containing only 1 and 0.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Statistics is the art of folding emptiness until meaning is found. Mathematics discovers systems that existed before then and after them with no regard for who cares. Those volumes of values are immutable and silent.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In the spirit of Pedanticus the petty till is rotating/plowing soil before planting, until or a shortened 'til is a preposition up to or before something