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Gabriel arithmetic without numbers - a

method based on Thales’ proportionality


theorem.

Thales' most important contribution is his theorem


regarding the proportionality of segments created by the
parallel lines intersecting two transversals. This theorem
states that if two parallel lines are cut by two transversals,
then the segments on the transversals are proportional.
This foundational concept laid the groundwork for the later
development of similar triangles and is central to
understanding geometric arithmetic using ratios of line
segments as is described in my original method which will
be explained shortly.

Whilst Euclid wrote about his most important twelf


proposition pertaining to the establishment of arithmetic in
Book V, nowhere did he describe a method for performing
the four basic operations. Through parallelism, we can
determine ratios equivalent to given ratios using any
consequent we care to choose. For example:
In the above diagram, there are two ratios represented
which are equivalent in measure, that is, using the
abstract unit. On the left, the red line segment
(antecedent) is measured exactly twice by the blue line
segment (consequent), and so its measure in algebra is
the number 2 or just 2. It is possible to find innumerably
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many other ratios with different consequents (and also
antecedents) whose measure is also 2. This can be done
by taking a parallel line and marking off the points of
intersection:

The black circles mark the points of intersection whilst the


longer red line is the new antecedent and the longer blue
line the new consequent obtained by the longer gold
parallel line.
Gabriel’s Method:
All that is required in my method for each of the four basic
arithmetic operations is to ensure the ratio operands have
the same consequent. Now that you know how to do this,
I’ll show you how to perform the four basic operations of
arithmetic.

I shall demonstrate all four operations using the same pair


of ratios:

First, we convert the ratios so they have the same


consequent. We can choose any consequent we like, but
for sake of simplicity, I will choose the consequent to be
that of the ratio on your right, i.e., the dotted orange line
segment.

In the diagram above, the ratios now have the same


consequent. The measure of each ratio in algebra is 1 and
2
1
respectively.
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We are ready to perform the four operations now.

Difference: This will be the ratio whose antecedent is the


difference between the red and broken green line and
whose consequent is the blue or broken orange line.

It’s not hard to see that the measure of this ratio is 1.


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(Orange line : u) = (red line : u) – (green line : u)


where u is the common consequent (purple line).

Sum: This will be the ratio whose antecedent is the sum of


the red and broken green line and whose consequent is
the blue or broken orange line.

It’s not hard to see that the measure of this ratio is 5.


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(Orange line : u) = (red line : u) + (green line : u)


where u is the common consequent (purple line).
Quotient: This will be the ratio whose antecedent is that
of the first ratio and whose consequent is the antecedent
of the second ratio.

It’s not hard to see that the measure of this ratio is 3.


2

(red line : green line) = (red line : u) ÷ (green line : u)

where u is the common consequent (purple line).

To find the product we choose either of the ratios as the


first operand and switch the antecedent and consequent of
the remaining ratio which is the second operand and then
perform a quotient process.
I have chosen a new consequent for both ratios (blue line
or broken orange line) and switched the antecedent with
the consequent in the second ratio as shown in the above
diagram.
Product: This will be the ratio whose antecedent is the
red line segment of the first ratio and whose consequent is
the broken orange line segment the second ratio.
It’s not hard to see that the measure of this ratio is 1.
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You can write the ratio arithmetic for product yourself as


an exercise.

The following is a summary without words:

And that folks is pretty much arithmetic operations without


the use of any number. This is how you got fraction
arithmetic in algebra. No, your idiot professors did not
define the operations as you were taught! These are
independent of how you think and you can’t define them in
any other way than I have just shown you.

I am the great John Gabriel, the discoverer of the first


rigorous formulation of calculus in human history, the New
Calculus.

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