Re: Nothing {was Changing One's Mind }

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 16:00:52 MDT

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Colin Hales wrote:

>scerir wrote:
>
>>From Brahmagupta's "Brahmasphuttasiddhanta",
>>very ancient math rules
>>
>>"A number subtracted from itself is zero."
>>"A fortune minus zero is a fortune."
>>"A debt minus zero is a debt."
>>"A fortune subtracted from zero is a debt."
>>"The product or quotient of two debts is a fortune."
>>"The product of a debt and a fortune is a debt."
>>
>>:-)
>>
The square root of a large debt is a small fortune. Unfortunately
it is an imaginary small fortune.

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