positivity - eviltoast
  • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    I don’t understand this argument. I’ve heard high school teachers decree it as a mathematical truth before.

    Do we all agree absolute value is a function from reals to reals? If so, the absolute value of any real number is nonnegative. It can be zero or any positive numbers.

    Case closed, right?

    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s like taking a signed int and turning it into an unsigned int though. It doesn’t become positive it just loses its sign.