Why does 1 + 1 = 2

I've seen a proof or two that I can't even remember on this topic; and I was wondering if any readers out there can show the proof of 1 + 1 = 2.


I actually give Sklansky a 50% chance of knowing the right answer.

The rest of you, well not much chance. But surprise me if you can.

Honestly You are a freak buddy, your lost !!!


regards,

-MJ

In college, I actually took a course in this stuff. It has something to do with the fact that 1 has a successor. I'll let others elaborate.

rest of the proof is fairly straight forward. The hardest numbers to prove are 0 and 1. Of course, I took that course in 1988, and I sure don't remember it off the top of my head. Good luck!

that's what happened with me and the little lady...a family man now...used to be a line in a who song...behind blue eyes...gl

Yes, 1 + x is defined as the successor to x, and 2 is the successor to 1.

I suppose you can just turn it around.

2 is defined as the addition of 1+1. How do you prove it? You can do something simple and take an object and say that this represents the number 1. A second object, together with the first, represents the number two. If your definition of the number 1 is different from ours, then so be it. But your number 1 will have no basis for what is in the real world.


In the end, though, you don't need to prove anything. You merely need to accept that definition at 2 = 1 + 1. If you don't accept it, fine. Then YOU must prove that it is false. We do not need to prove that it is true.

spikey, on many boards, this question usually yields the response, "do your own homework."


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