Thank you very much for your answers! Since I haven't studied matrices yet I can't apply what you told me @fresh_42 but I've put a mark on the problem to be back when I begin with matrices!
Homework Statement
Fractions ##\frac{a}{b}## and ##\frac{c}{d}## are called neighbor fractions if their difference ##\frac{ad - bc}{bd}## has numerator ##\pm 1##, that is, ##ad - bc = \pm 1##.
Prove that
(a) in this case neither fraction can be simplified (that is, neither has any common...
Hello there people! I'm new here as I'm new to math and physics. I began studying math a week ago (thanks to the wonderful thread created by micromass about self-studying maths). I study philosophy, but I love maths and theoretical physics (although I can only read at a divulgation level, that's...