Re: [math-fun] Distributivity of addition over multiplication

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Dan Asimov wrote:

Of course

x + yz = (x + y)(x + z)

is not true in general for (x,y,z) in R^3.

[...] Interesting! I plotted each side and derived the intersection plane, but it does indeed seem quite odd that that would be the resulting shape. What's the answer?