It’s simple, cells are fractions.
But it’s turning 1 into 1/2+1/2 which is different than dividing by 2.
No, it’s dividing 1 by 1/2 leading to 2.
The correct answer
1 ÷ 0.5
=2
A fundamental disregard for sets and their importance in higher mathematics.
cry harder, number boy.
Damn, owned
This could just as easily had been a reply with:
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Really is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_a_set?wprov=sfla1
The sets in [partition] P are called the blocks, parts, or cells, of the partition.
The number of cells in partition is >= 1.
That’s the problem whenever math meets physics: the former wins in the theory, but in the real world physics always triumphs:-).
Engineers: Pass the ketchup!
Computers multiply by adding, subtract by adding, i’m not sure how division goes but i’m sure that’s addition too.
Looked into it. It literally is.
But…how?
The other replies are simplifying too much. Just adding or subtracting in a loop would be far too slow.
A multiplier will find the partial products by using AND gates, and then sum them, which is very similar to long multiplication as they teach you in school. This article explains it pretty well.
Division is more complicated. It’s sort of done like long division, but apparently that is slow and there’s some magic with two’s complements that can make it faster. Honestly I don’t fully understand it yet.
That article was really good. I feel like if someone explained it to me at a pub or party I could somewhat talk about it without sounding like a total ludite.
It recursively subtracts until the number goes at or below zero. The iterations is the output and the reminder is how much it went below zero.
