Reply To: Spikey’s Math Lab
@dostovel only look at this after you’ve done some top secret modeling!
That is basically the same, apart from the fact that multiplication is a tad more difficult than addition (don’t even get me started on division & Co.):
Let me explain what you are looking at here: the red numbers are (some of) the X-values and the green numbers (some of) the Y-values. The yellow numbers are the product of the X- and Y-values and the green curvy thing is where the product is 0.5.
Note that, when you multiply two numbers, that are larger than1, the result will be larger than either one of those numbers and that when you multiply two numbers smaller than 1, the result will be smaller than either one. Nobody knows what will happen when you multiply one number smaller than 1 with one larger than 1,,,
It is also noteworthy, that green times red is the same as red times green (0.5 * 2 = 1 = 2 * 0.5). This is called commutativity by mathematicians, so when you hear someone talk about a commutative ring with 1, you will know at least one third of what he or she is talking about…Sorry, I tend to divert when it comes to math 🙂