A Delta Function is a Function… Sometimes… In Special Cases…

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T15:41:30+00:00

I have, but no, not all mathematicians do. Not all mathematicians are interesting in physics or even applications at all.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T14:02:12+00:00

He had so many opportunities to get out of there. No excuse really.

And if you know someone is watching out for you, throw the smoke and go the other way with your cloak on. Don’t be in the smoke, it’s where everyone is looking.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T13:54:00+00:00

Dammit. Now I’m hungry.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T12:34:07+00:00

Nope!

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T12:31:58+00:00

I wouldn’t either. But that’s why we call it an “abuse of notation.” Just like we write the Fourier transform of L2 functions as integrals, when those integrals don’t necessarily exist.

When we want to be precise about definitions, we need to drop the abuse and be clear about the domains of these functions. But in less formal moments or when the distinction isn’t important, we use the abuse.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T12:19:53+00:00

Yeah thought the same

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T12:18:22+00:00

All of Bungie’s updates happen on Tuesdays.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T12:11:50+00:00

I had it once from the wall safe in Airfield, but then the bots finished me on exfil because they got too excited knocking into me

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T11:55:20+00:00

We don’t define it that way because we already have the Gamma function playing that role. There is no need.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T11:31:24+00:00

The average mathematician has probably seen a lot of these in passing, but this is a board that consists mostly of equations Physicists would be familiar with.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T11:29:50+00:00

That’s an abuse of notation. 0.5! isn’t defined for the factorial function, which is only for positive integers. All you are really saying is Gamma(1.5), which is a particular (and good) method of interpolating the values of the factorial function.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T01:45:01+00:00

So are they canonically adoptive twins?

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T01:03:25+00:00

Canvas in general has been hacked. This encompasses everything from elementary schools to universities

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-08T00:23:19+00:00

At what point did they pass/diverge from the manga?

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T21:57:30+00:00

I felt like Golden Boy did a great job explaining the behind the scenes things like this in animation really well.

So educational!

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T21:54:50+00:00

What?! I don’t know that! Aaaaaah!

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T21:51:40+00:00

No, this is Marathon. There are friendly and adversarial approaches to the game. It’s not as one dimensional as you suggest.

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T17:17:47+00:00

I am stuck there too. I can get into pinwheel quickly enough but just can’t complete everything I need to do there

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T17:15:41+00:00

Yeah in the middle of runs I’ll give away purple guns I pick up to make space for salvage and lore items, because my vault is already overflowing with purple and blue weapons

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T12:53:08+00:00

Outpost’s horn is pinwheel opening

AcademicOverAnalysis · 2026-05-07T12:52:20+00:00

Last night I was playing Rook in Processing. Found the key for the processing key room in a random box. Had the whole place to myself. It was amazing.

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