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infinitesimals

Name: Anonymous 2007-11-03 20:30

Consider a, b, c infinitesimals such that
    a+b=c
Does it then hold that
    a=b=c
?

Name: Anonymous 2007-11-03 22:21

No, for the same reason that infinity does not equal infinity.
Stop trying to apply algebra naively. Infinitesimals and infinities do not work this way.

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