Theory: Object of this post is to prove by demonstration that "- 1" greater than "+ 1", and "-10" is greater than "10".
Lets take some number, say 10.
(a) 10 ÷ 100 = 0.1 (That was easy, wasn't it)
(b) 10 ÷ 10 = 1 (Don't tell me you used a calculator for this)
(c) 10 ÷ 5 = 2 (Slightly tough - Part 1)
(d) 10 ÷ 4 = 2.5 (Decimals..... I know, it is tough, it will get tougher ahead)
(e) 10 ÷ 3 = 3.333333..... (I see you sweating)
(f) 10 ÷ 2 = 5 (Slightly tough - Part 2)
(g) 10 ÷ 1 = 10 (Before you touch the calculator or "Phone Your Friend", mail me your house address. I would like to pay you a visit, with grating teeth and clenched fist)
(h) 10 ÷ 0 = 8..... Sorry. Let me kick it dead. It is "∞"
(i) 10 ÷ - 1 = -10
(ii) 10 ÷ - 2 = -5
(iii) 10 ÷ - 5 = - 2
(iv) 10 ÷ - 10 = -1
The Conclusion:
As the denominator decreases, the result on the RHS increases. We see that when the denominator was 100, RHS value was 0.1 and it kept on increasing to "Infinity" for a Zero Denominator.
Which means with every subsequent decrease in denominator value on the LHS, RHS value increases.
Therefore, when the denominator is "-10", RHS value is -1, is greater than 10, 5, 3.33, 2.5, 1 and including Infinity.
Hence the Proof.
The Confusion: Which is a bigger number? "- 1" or "- 5"? If "-5" lies between "10" and "-1", is it bigger or smaller than "-2"?
First Reactions from Mathematicians worldwide (including Heaven, Hell, Pakistan, Arabia, India, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Paarkadal, Pandora, Wonderland)
1. Wow!
2. Oh Shit! How did I miss it?
3. Will they give an Nobel prize for Maths for this? (Another Observer: Fool, there is no noble prize for Maths or Physics or Peace! It is called the Oscars)
4. ???? (A reaction from Dr.MatheMADics. Btw, he has just been hospitalized with a deranged mind)
Reactions from Other Parts of the World:
1. A CAT aspirant: Dad, I got -30 Marks in my exam. His Dad: Wow! You have proved to be my son.
2. Mannan Movie's Dialogue has been rewritten:
Rajini: "Kannaa, Onnu Perusaa Minus Onnu Perusaa?
Interviewer: "Minus Onnu"
Rajini: "Haa haa haa haa. Enga veetlaa naan thaaan Minus Onnu. Naan thaan perusu"
3. In a Life Improvement Program: Think Negative. Be Negative. You will succeed in life.
4. Mohammad Yousuf, after yet another defeat: Lets ignore the positives, Umar Akmal scoring Century or Asif taking 5 Wickets, are rare. Even rarer is a Pakistani victory. We are taking home the negatives. We dropped 10 catches against 5 in the previous match. (In his mind thinking, is -10 bigger or -5?), and we thank our Board for providing adequate infrastructure for that. We hope to getter better (or worser) and drop more in the future.
News Channels:
Headlines Today: This great theory on Maa... "Cut" "Ad Break for 20 Minutes. "Athematic"..... "Cut" "Ad Break for 20 Minutes with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman".....
CNN IBN - Devils Advocate:
Karan Thapar: Mr.Kapil Sibal, do you mean to say a student can be denied a seat in a college of his choice simply because he is not from a particular community (of being positive), despite scoring a mind boggling perfect score of -100 out of 100?
Kapil Sibal: "We....
Karan Thapar: How retrogade is it, where merit of being negative is foresaken for the vice of being positive?
Kapil Sibal: "It is not...."
Karan Thapar: "Does your Government realize the repurcussions of such a move? [On and on and on.]"
Kapil Sibal: "As I sai....:
Karan Thapar: XYZ, ABCD, ONE TWO THREE, GREEK AND LATIN. DUNG, KUNG LUNG. DRRRR. BURRRR. (At the end). Thank you Mr. Sibal for joining us.
Kapil Sibal: "Than.."
Karan Thapar: Thank you dear viewers. We will meet next week with another personality.
Off Record: Kapil Sibal - "I joined him for a cup of tea. He didn't permit me to even drink it"
Times Now: Mr.Guruji a.k.a. Shibhu Soren, will you be able to gather the support of -1 MLAs tomorrow?
Religious Mathematicians:
This is blasphemy. We are issuing a diktat against GSM for preaching nonsense and acting against the interest of peace loving religion of Mathemaniacism. We are requesting the Government to take suitable action on this.
Government: Mr. GSM's theory on numbers has disturbed the non-communicable disease of harmony, and offended the minority of Maths believers and understanders and fanatics. We therefore, ban his theory from getting published anywhere on the planet.
The Rationalists: Damn! Even numbers are not objective..........
Comments
Is it a reflection that u started taking class for PCC. As days progress u will come with lot of such theories. Now accept PCC perusal final perusa?
Also answer... -0 perusa +0 perusa?
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Sundar.
Though, the logic in the post was not meant to be taken seriously, I actually thought about the practical implications of the steps you demonstrated.
Mathematics (in particular, arithmetics; just realized yet again, spelling is not arithmatics! ;) ) originated to solve our practical problems, like how to divide 3 apples between two people (or do you like coconuts better? ;) ). But then the beauty of mathematics is such that daily life-problems can be converted to mathematick expressions, and whatever results we derive on paper can usually be applied back to real-life situations, without thinking of the intermediary steps.
So, I realized, a denominator must never be negative! And that's the trick you've employed! :P For instance, -5 apples can be divided between 2 people, meaning both of them would give instead of take 2.5 apples each (that would be the negative), but 5 apples can never be divided between -2 people, because there is no such thing as -2 people, am I right?
The reason I'm typing in this nonsensical comment is I wanted to know from you, if my understanding of the mathematical concept involved is alright or not.
And to repeat the request, at least I would be able to appreciate your posts better if you include translations for what you write in Tamil!
Will be definitely reading the post again, and commenting back at night, as I see a lot of profundity in your post!! ;)
TC.
Know what? Was seriously thinking of including "-0" and "+0" while typing the post. By inserting items such as "0 Divided by 1" and "0 Divided by -1". But somehow, decided against that.
Final thaan perusu. For a question "which is bigger 1 or 2", the standard answer will be "C" or "D" or even "F".
My Maths teacher back at school had said that the negative can never be a numerator, by giving some explanation which I don't even remember. May be he would have given the same reasoning as you had given. But isn't there a flaw? Even persons can be negative (which they are mostly). If giving apples are considered as negative, why not receiving people vs. giving people, considered as Positive and Negative respectively.
I realized your convenience theory on Arithmetics / Maths during my Class X, when the same maths teacher said Square Root of -1 is "i". "i" is a convenient number (some virtual number) to eliminate practical difficulty, so that we can apply mathematics to real life situations.
And btw, I had developed the number theory back in my Class XII, for which I got a stern warning to concentrate on studies, and stop joking around irrelevant things. I used to call it "Circle of Numbers".
Tamil Dialogues, no problem at all. Onnu means "One". "Perusa?" means "Is it Big?". The dialogue by Rajini in the movie is this "What is bigger? One or Two?", in response to a question about his wife's assertion that she is number one and he is number two in house.
And, the intention of the post was not just smiles, though for major part it sounds that way.
Cheers
Cheers again
(Unlike Senior Sundar.. This is a blog of yours that I did not understand at all)...
P.s. The theory portion from point e) onwards was very difficult.
Point (e) onwards difficult? C'mon kid, don't disappoint me. Be honest. Point (a) onwards would be more acceptable. What say?
Did you notice something wrong about the points? If you had, you have understood this post very well.
Btw, even I did not understand what this post is all about. Help me!
Cheers
Have been short of time; will comment later, though not much left to comment on this post. It was of course, funny! It partly reminded me of the kind of (il)logic Stupidosaur employs in some of his posts. But he obviously thinks a LOT before writing his posts! :)
TC.