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< ( theodore, old fellow, have you heard of the vector mathematics? )
( utterly preposterous, geoff! numbers cannot have _two_ dimensions! ) >
< ( I agree heartily! we shall never use vector mathematics as long as we live! )
( oh dear, this problem would really be solvable if numbers had two dimensions. ) >
< ( well—that's—but... aha! that's not really two dimensions! it's just number a added to number b, with b multiplied by florb! )
( florb? ) >
< ( it's an undefined thingy that has no numerical equivalent, so a and b can never be combined, if you multiply b by it. )
( brilliant! now we can pretend we're not using the vector (a,b), write it like a + b * florb, and no one will suspect we stooped to using vector mathematics/! ) >/
< ( we mathemeticians are pretty brilliant, aren't we? )
( utterly preposterous, geoff! numbers cannot have _two_ dimensions! ) >
< ( I agree heartily! we shall never use vector mathematics as long as we live! )
( oh dear, this problem would really be solvable if numbers had two dimensions. ) >
< ( well—that's—but... aha! that's not really two dimensions! it's just number a added to number b, with b multiplied by florb! )
( florb? ) >
< ( it's an undefined thingy that has no numerical equivalent, so a and b can never be combined, if you multiply b by it. )
( brilliant! now we can pretend we're not using the vector (a,b), write it like a + b * florb, and no one will suspect we stooped to using vector mathematics
< ( we mathemeticians are pretty brilliant, aren't we? )