Subtracting a positive number from a positive number—this is normal subtraction.
(+1) – (+1) = x.
Solve for x.
x = 0.
False.
0 is a placeholder (‘what’ does it hold?) and as such the equation appears unsolvable. Well, that is not true either. It is a secret.
- Absolem the dark mathematician.
“You're not Absolem, I'm Absolem.”
~ Absolem