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document.write( "a^3+b^3=0 then log (a+b) =1/2 (log a + log b + log 3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know exactly what is written here: &nbsp;it is the piece of a statement, &nbsp;but not the entire, &nbsp;whole and/or completed mathematical statement.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OK, I will read it in this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    If  a^3 + b^3 = 0  then  log(a+b) = 1/2*(log a + log b + log 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "because it is the most natural way to decipher the original text.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But if we are in the real numbers domain,  &nbsp;then &nbsp;&nbsp;a^3 + b^3 = 0  implies\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^3 = -b^3, &nbsp;&nbsp;which implies  &nbsp;&nbsp;a = - b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then &nbsp;log (a+b) = log(0), &nbsp;&nbsp;which is not defined.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The resume from my analysis is this:  &nbsp;&nbsp;the proposed text &nbsp;(presented as is and without additional comments) &nbsp;is an example\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "of mathematically illiterate text,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and I regret about my time which I spent for nothing, analyzing this post.\r<BR>\n" );
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