On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Randall R Schulz wrote: > But it is also the case that subtraction and division _do_ have > identity > elements. They follow directly from the application of the inverse > operation to the corresponding operator's identity element. In other > words, the identity element for division is the multiplicative inverse > of the identity element for multiplication. Likewise for subtraction / > addition.
I agree. By the identity element argument, (/) should be 1 and (-) should be 0. --Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---