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Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?

The Joy of Why

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Are Equivalence Relationships Too Well Behaved?

Algebra professor says equivalence relations are too restrictive for people to be broadly expressive. An equivalence relation is one that satisfies certain properties such as reflexivity, symmetry and transitivity. Having an equivalence relation "is just like putting people in pigeonholes," he says.

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