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Arnauld's Paradox

Arnauld's paradox states that if negative numbers exist, then must equal , which asserts that the ratio of a smaller to a larger quantity equals the ratio of the same larger quantity to the same small quantity.

 

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References

Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, p. 22, 1986.