Is all Math nothing more than addition?

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"Nothing more" makes it sound bad.

Do you think that all math is based on addition and subtraction?
For example multiplication is a method for repetitive addition, is all math in a form or another just a more complicated way to use addition/subtraction?
 
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Take the error function. I suppose with a crazy complicated algorithm it's possible to approximate it with addition, but it's definitely not based off of addition. Well, sort of, it's generally defined as an integral. But ... you know what I mean.
 
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Take the error function. I suppose with a crazy complicated algorithm it's possible to approximate it with addition, but it's definitely not based off of addition. Well, sort of, it's generally defined as an integral. But ... you know what I mean.

If i knew what you meant i wouldn't been posting this thread.