Cryptopix

Disclaimer - the above set is empty. However, if there were a set of x, what might they be called?

But...it's math?!

A whole lot of googling to figure out what all those terms mean. Geesh.

bad oxymoron!

Maybe the picture should be a balance scale, with the digits 1 and 7 in the left pan, and the digits 3 and 5 in the right pan.

Thankfully with the nice salt from [1] and [4] I had no need to find out what any of that stuff really means.

Are there any bonus points for linking this answer with:

http://www.tanga.com/puzzles/4262-2-28-2009

My brain hurts.

Now off to prove 1+1=3!

1+1 = 3! (3 Factorial?)

I can help part way....3 is equal to 0:

Assume the following equation:

x² + x + 1 = 0

Then

x² = -x - 1

Divide by x:

x = -1 - 1/x

Which we can substitute back into the original equation for x (middle term):

x² + (-1 - 1/x) + 1 = 0
x² - 1 - 1/x + 1 = 0
x² - 1/x = 0
x² = 1/x
x³ = 1
x = 1 (1³ =1)

Substitute into the orginal:

1² + 1 + 1 = 0
3 = 0








(And yes, I know where the fallacy is, just having fun with math! More math puzzles!)

"Sorry, 'no way' is not correct."
stumper.

I finally got it from a youtube HotForWords video comments([4]). and this is why I only play craps in vegas. (well, I play Roulette too, but I have a SYSTEM!)

[8] Given a=b...

a=b
ab=b^2
ab-a^2=b^2-a^2
a(b-a)=(b+a)(b-a)
a=b+a
a=a+a
a=2a
1=2

And, since we now know that 1=2, then 1+1 = 1+2 = 3
Q.E.D.

Very rude puzzle for those of us who don't remember our math.