I love this problem so much, I saw a lot of people being confused over it so I’m going to explain it.
This problem is a hypothesis. It is an “if-then”
it is if a=b then 2=1; however a does not equal b, if it did then a would simply equal a because b would be a<3
I love math
um, no. making a logical assumption is not the same as creating an if-then. creating 2 empty variables, and setting them equivalent to each other is not an ‘If.’ there doesn’t exist and sort of scenario in which two variables whose only properties are their equivalence can not be equal. The error in this proof is that a -b = 0, so dividing both sides by such an expression (the last step) is a large mathematical no-no. Its like creating a proof by abusing contradictions to derive anything. Yeah, you can do it, but so what? :)
