• marcos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    3 days ago

    He’s wondering about set theory, rings, and algebra and wants you to define what those abstract symbols mean.

    • LGTM@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Oh field addition? That’s just the abelian operation between the group of non-1 elements. Oh a group? That’s just a monoid with inverses. Oh a monoid? That’s just a semigroup with identity. Oh a semigroup? That’s just a set with an associative binary operation. Oh a binary operation? That’s

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    He’s just dumbfounded from your I inferior base 10 counting system, keyboard layout and computer placement. (Seriously? are you trying to over heat it?)