Sewing-Machine comments on Exponentiation goes wrong first - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2010 01:41:04PM 2 points [-]

I just realized Nelson numbers them differently, building in + and x at the start and giving two axioms explaining how they work. Induction is number 7 on his list. I hope this doesn't create confusion; I think it would create more if I changed the OP.