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minus-squarerbits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIf you have three particles, 1/3 of that is one particle. No need to divide an indivisible particle.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBut if I don’t have three particles, 1/3 requires division.
minus-squarerbits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoRight, but you can have exactly a third of some group of particles. You can’t have exactly pi of some group of particles I think is what they were saying
If you have three particles, 1/3 of that is one particle. No need to divide an indivisible particle.
But if I don’t have three particles, 1/3 requires division.
Right, but you can have exactly a third of some group of particles. You can’t have exactly pi of some group of particles I think is what they were saying