Tom O'Neil Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 ~LL>~L L=L ~L*L=0 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Too little information given to draw a conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Is = operator of comparison? Is > operator of greater than? Is * operator of multiplication? Do 0 means what it means for everybody in this world? What does operator ~ ? In programming it's bitwise NOT operator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operations_in_C#Bitwise_NOT_.22.7E.22_.2F_one.27s_complement_.28unary.29 What is default operator between ~L and L in statement ~LL ? Edited November 1, 2016 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 a. ~LL>~L b. L=L c. ~L*L=0 d. 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to? 1. For two object to multiply together to give zero © one of them MUST be zero - so either L or ~L is zero 2. From (a) and (1) we know that ~L is less than a product which must equal zero. Thus ~L is negative and has an absolute value which is not zero 3. From (d) we have confirmation that ~L is negative 4. From (b) we gain no new information So presuming normal rules have applied we can say that L=0 and that ~L is negative a. 0 times any negative is greater than any negative , 0>any negative b. 0=0 c. any negative * 0 = zero d. zero is greater than any negative Thats all you can say L=0 , ~L<0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakenItSeriously Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) ~LL>~L L=L ~L*L=0 0>~L Then what if anything can ~L be equaled to? just a guess. ~L = anti-L, where L is some positive number? Edited November 2, 2016 by TakenItSeriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 just a guess. ~L = anti-L, where L is some positive number? What is anti-L ? The only possible meaning I can bring to mind is the reciprocal; but that would mean that L* ~L = 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom O'Neil Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Thank you everyone for trying this. I will release the answer in about a month from the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakenItSeriously Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) What is anti-L ? The only possible meaning I can bring to mind is the reciprocal; but that would mean that L* ~L = 1. lol, I don't know. It's pretty lame. I started out thinking it was -1 since you could prove 1= -1 using imaginary numbers until I saw I had misread the problem somehow and tried to fix it. next thinking it could involve some kind of logical equation which took me on a weird tangent. It's dumb, I know. Edited November 11, 2016 by TakenItSeriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbstractDreamer Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Disambiguate: ~(LL)>~L OR (~L)L>~L ~(L*L)=0 OR (~L)*L=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom O'Neil Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 1. For two object to multiply together to give zero © one of them MUST be zero - so either L or ~L is zero 2. From (a) and (1) we know that ~L is less than a product which must equal zero. Thus ~L is negative and has an absolute value which is not zero 3. From (d) we have confirmation that ~L is negative 4. From (b) we gain no new information So presuming normal rules have applied we can say that L=0 and that ~L is negative a. 0 times any negative is greater than any negative , 0>any negative b. 0=0 c. any negative * 0 = zero d. zero is greater than any negative Thats all you can say L=0 , ~L<0 Great job imatfaal, I made this little problem up in 10 minutes time. I decided to release the answer early for the holidays.~L<0, funny I put the answer in visible site and still people were having a tough go at it. ~L= any negative number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Prescott Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Got any easier questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbstractDreamer Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) You didn't disambiguate. So given ~(L*L)=0 As ~0 [math] \neq [/Math] 0 Therefore L [math] \neq [/Math] 0 Edited December 1, 2016 by AbstractDreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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