I like the idea of explaining the math in his writing. I very much dislike changing people's writing to "adjust" the reading level. That's no longer their writing. Just use a different example or explain what was actually written rather than dilute famous prose.
yekbun123•3d ago
graded readers has always been a resource for language learning.
Chinjut•50m ago
Re: "The multiplication that does not work", nothing in the quoted text seems to indicate that each multiplication should be interpreted in a different base, or anything like this.
yread•9m ago
You're absolutely correct, the base is not specified. That's the joke. 1-1=0 would not be a joke. Perhaps it's better not to think of it as a joke. When mathematician reads what seems like nonsense, questions like "hmm is there a base where this would be true?" and "which bases is this true in?" pop up
dtagames•3d ago
yekbun123•3d ago