Aihuxv.110 net.math utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!ihuxv!lambert Wed May 5 14:12:57 1982 Re: 2=1 by Decot The right hand side of your second equation is not a continuous function, and bad things happen when you differentiate a discontinuous function -- in this case, one which is only defined for integral values of x. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.