On 4/3/2010 8:46 AM Patrick Maupin said...
On Apr 3, 9:43 am, "Martin P. Hellwig"> IMHO, the crackpot in this
regard is actually partially right,
multiplication does mean that the number must get bigger, however for
fractions you multiply four numbers, two numerators and two
denominators. The resulting numerator and denominator by this
multiplication get indeed bigger.
That argument is great! Just make sure that you've managed to leave
before the class has to learn about irrational numbers that don't
*have* numerators and denominators ;-)
Ahh, but no ones arguing that irrational numbers don't get bigger --
even before you multiply them!
Emile
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