The Enemy of My Enemy
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In this one-page article Steven Strogatz discusses the concept of subtraction, and how we use and make sense of negative numbers. He offers a way to understand why the product of two negative numbers is positive and discusses several real world applications of the concept. The author includes references and notes. This article is part of the author's series on the Elements of Math (menu page cataloged separately).
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In this one-page article Steven Strogatz discusses the concept of subtraction, and how we use and make sense of negative numbers. He offers a way to understand why the product of two negative numbers is positive and discusses several real world applications of the concept. The author includes references and notes. This article is part of the author's series on the Elements of Math (menu page cataloged separately).
