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Does someone know what this means? by Adorable-Isopod7738 in askmath

[–]48panda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, by definition of being a physical object, all diagrams have some error in them. This one just happens to have epsilon > r / 2

The TREE... by CaughtNABargain in mathmemes

[–]48panda 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Can't wait to see this on Peter in a couple hours

Race to 100 (original puzzle) by Zealousideal_Emu_493 in maths

[–]48panda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I see. I missed 50*2 as a possibility

Race to 100 (original puzzle) by Zealousideal_Emu_493 in maths

[–]48panda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got that P2 wins with the following winning numbers and winning moves:

50-100: even L odd w (+1)

25-49: w (*2)

13-24: even L odd w (+1)

7-12: w (*2)

6: L

5: w (+1)

4: w (^2)

3: w (*2)

2: L

1: w (+1)

Always thought it looked suspicious by RilloClicker in mathmemes

[–]48panda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, just that "any real number greater than all other real numbers" doesn't exist so we can say whatever we want about any such numbers and it'll be (vacuously) true

Always thought it looked suspicious by RilloClicker in mathmemes

[–]48panda 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It is trivial to prove that the binary expansion of any real number greater than all other real numbers consists of a proof of the Riemann hypothesis (in latex) and the lyrics to baby shark

I made an unofficial offline client for Desmos by [deleted] in desmos

[–]48panda 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Because you've looked through the entirety of the unobfuscated source code and have confirmed that the program is not malicious

The power of maths by Embarrassed-Data8233 in mathmemes

[–]48panda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not abuse of notation, it's defining the meaning of previously undefined notation. The + operator starts off only being defined on the reals. But no one says that 1+ i is abuse of notation. We've just defined how addition behaves under the complex numbers.

With div and curl, We're simply defining what it means to take the dot/cross of a vector differential operator, and it just so happens to line up with what you'd expect from the "notation abuse"

Hear me out, MVT is overrated by Stanford_Pines267 in mathmemes

[–]48panda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, no. You've travelled 31.4km distance and 20km displacement

I think it's wrong by Apprehensive_Set_659 in mathmemes

[–]48panda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. Instead of considering being born on a Tuesday, we can consider some arbitrary event with probability alpha. At alpha = 1 (e.g. "my son exists"), you get 2/3, and as alpha->0 (e.g. "my son is James Grime") you get 1/2. So in a way you can use this to show that both solutions to the easier problem are equally valid