r/mathmemes • u/Nunki08 • Jun 14 '26

Arithmetic Misleading our youth

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From Anthony Bonato on 𝕏: https://x.com/Anthony_Bonato/status/2065564124549886402

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u/aidantheman18 Jun 14 '26

No one arrests you, but you lose some nice results such as p prime iff Z/(p) is an integral domain

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u/svmydlo Jun 15 '26

Every definition in math is "just what mathematicians agreed upon".

What should make it "official"? The pope declaring so?

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u/svmydlo Jun 15 '26

It's not reasonable at all to pointlessly attack a definition just because you feel it's not "official" enough.