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I vibed a proof of Conway's conjecture

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  1. howunfortunate · · focus · HN ↗
    > On the second day, there are two gaps: “between nothing and zero” and “between zero and nothing”. Two numbers spawn in those two gaps. Call them –1 and 1.

    Got lost here. I think I'm officially too dumb for math.

    1. skeledrew · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah I'm curious about the difference between "nothing" and "0", but I just decided to roll with it. Until the Greek letters made my head start to spin as they usually do.
      1. danabramov · · focus · HN ↗
        Hope the newly added picture helps see each step.
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