User blog comment:Rgetar/Number distinction/@comment-31837178-20171209160848/@comment-31837178-20171210173947

Hi Rgetar! Interesting coincidence on our trains of thought.

Another thought on separating math objects - you could separate any rational number into the set of fractional forms that could define it. For example, 3 divided by 6 would be a different object (3/6) than 5 divided by 10 (5/10). One neat feature about using separated numbers is that you can retain information about how the value was derived. So 4+ would show that it was the result of squaring +2, while 4- would show that it was the result of squaring -2.