Variables

[Mike Meyer]

Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> writes:
>> Could I honestly argue this to him? From what basis do I argue that
>> it is not an equation?
>
> It's his responsibility to show that it *is* an equation.
>
> x = x + 1
>
> Equation? I think not.

I think it is. One equation in one unknown. The solution set for x is
{}.

As a logical equation, it has the value false (just like 0 = 1).

        <mike
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