@Ted @Jasper The two methods are actually inconsistent. The summary page says I've cast 40 votes, 8 of which are downvotes. But if I got to my votes, I only see 1 downvote. I guess the summary page aggregates across various SE sites whereas my method restricts itself ot math.se
How is it trolling, 1x=x is not required, it is necessary. As we define 1 to be the multiplicative identity, "the thing that when we do the thing denoted multiplicatively to another thing results in the second thing"
It could be true thogh, math.stackexchange.com/questions/827196/… 10 minutes an no answer (I really hope you guys are joking about his death, for whatever distasteful reason)
@BalarkaSen Well, I answer some slightly more difficult questions now and then. Two other users who answered that question were forced to delete their answers when I pointed out the flaw in their logic.
@Ted ya sorry didnt mean to imply that it wasn't just that I never thought about it. Its not a normed vector space though and until I thought just now those two were entirely equivalent in my mind.
This is why I prefer to hang out here: very few people come in and start 'pop-math' discussions that cause reasonable people to disagree about silly things like the arbitrary definitions of imprecise words. Someone in physics asks about whether something casts a shadow and you have to discuss what your definition of a shadow is......
@TedShifrin I wouldn't extend my statement to the purely professional part of the field. The kinds of things I'm talking about usually involve professionals, students, and laymen because they're 'popular' questions.
Haha, maybe some folks try ot yell. I get leave when physics people start ot yell. I find that theyre WAY too prone to raising their voices for my taste.