Sujet : Re: Collatz conjecture question
De : james.g.burns (at) *nospam* att.net (Jim Burns)
Groupes : sci.mathDate : 24. Mar 2025, 16:59:10
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On 3/24/2025 10:47 AM, Richard Hachel wrote:
Le 24/03/2025 à 09:38, efji a écrit :
He could teach you how
a=b =/=> a^2=b^2
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a=25 b=25
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a=b
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5²=25
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(-5)²=25
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Then -5=5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent⎛
⎜ Affirming the consequent
⎜
⎜ In propositional logic, affirming the consequent
⎜ (also known as converse error, fallacy of the converse,
⎜ or confusion of necessity and sufficiency)
⎜ is a formal fallacy (or an invalid form of argument)
⎜ that is committed when,
⎜ in the context of an indicative conditional statement,
⎜ it is stated that because the consequent is true,
⎝ therefore the antecedent is true.
Collatz conjecture question
Re: Collatz conjecture question