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[–] 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

I think you skipped a step:

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Edit: Ohhhh, math by tens, I totally missed it. In that case, my mind wants to break it down to (10 * 5) + 1, and I'd still totally miss 17 as a possible factor.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    You miss a couple os steps too.

    First, lets define the axioms, we're using Peano's for this exercise.

    Axiom 1: 0 is a natural number.

    Jump to axiom 6, define the succession function s(n) where s(n) = 0 is false, and for brevity s(0) = 1, s(s(0)) = 2 and so on...

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