Happy Birthday Euler

[sasguru]

Sorry Sas since your post isn't an integer it doesn't prove anything.

Shall I assume proggy is your sockie? Are you also claiming integers are invented rather than discovered?

I don't have any sockies.
You can read my recommendations if you want to appear less of a fool.
Otherwise keep digging.

[sasguru]

Given that Spivak was my course book for Real Analysis, and I got a first in the subject (in 1989, before the great dumbing down of degrees), I guess you'll just have to call me a liar.

Imagine how much that bothers me.

Did you do the exercises in Spivak?

[d000hg]

I don't have any sockies.
You can read my recommendations if you want to appear less of a fool.
Otherwise keep digging.

I don't really care what a stranger on an internet forum who lies about every aspect of their life thinks about me.

[NotAllThere]

Nope integers are man made, most early civilizations only had numbers for 1 and 2 with others being many. Also God does not exist.

As sasguru observed originally coined by Kronecker. It's not meant to be taken literally. It's sad that so many people today are so ignorant of ... well, pretty much everything.

[sasguru]

I don't really care what a stranger on an internet forum who lies about every aspect of their life thinks about me.

I lie about my life? You wish.

[NotAllThere]

Did you do the exercises in Spivak?

Yes. That's how I was able to understand the subject. However, I'll freely admit I've forgotten it all now - too much alcohol and coke.

Still got the book at home. My son worked through it one summer when he was bored.

[proggy]

Sorry Sas since your post isn't an integer it doesn't prove anything.

Shall I assume proggy is your sockie? Are you also claiming integers are invented rather than discovered?

Why do you accuse me of being a sockie, just because I highlighted you fuzzy understanding of integers? Why not stick to the topic, don't revert to abuse and accusations.

[NotAllThere]

According to patent law, integers were discovered, not invented.

Here's a discussion you might find interesting if you wish to evolve beyond your current level of abysmal ignorance. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52291.html

[sasguru]

Yes..

Full marks then. I've done less than half over the years - not bad for someone doing it for "fun".
Great though his clarity of exposition is, about half of the substance of that book is in the exercises.

[proggy]

As sasguru observed originally coined by Kronecker. It's not meant to be taken literally. It's sad that so many people today are so ignorant of ... well, pretty much everything.

"Not to be taken literally", the classic religious argument, which basically translates to "not true".