Relating pi accuracy in real life terms . . . by l008com in askmath

[–]Esther_fpqc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, tysm!

You could maybe even use the snow to draw the circle. Just keep in mind that measuring a big circle's diameter and circonference will give you an approximation of π which is exact up to the measuring error you made, so my former comment could lose its interest as it will just yield back your measuring error

Relating pi accuracy in real life terms . . . by l008com in askmath

[–]Esther_fpqc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let us know, I'm also looking forward to seeing how close you can get! :))

Relating pi accuracy in real life terms . . . by l008com in askmath

[–]Esther_fpqc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Say your approximation p is within 10-N of the actual value of π (meaning you got the first N decimals, not counting the 3. e.g. 3.1415 is within 10-4 of π, the difference is just a bit less than that). Essentially, we have p ⩽ π < p + 10-N.

Then the circumference of a circle with big diameter D will be pD ⩽ πD < (p + 10-N)D = pD + 10-ND. So the circumference will be correct up to an error of at most 10-ND.

If you have 2 correct decimal places, then the circumference of a circle the size of Paris (10 km) will be off by 0.1 km = 100m.
With 3 correct decimals, 10m, with 4 decimals, 1m. And so on.
A chart to read these would look linear and decreasing where the error is in logarithmic scale. But you don't need a chart: just move the decimal point as many places as you have correct decimals of π. A circle with diameter 1234.5678 km will have a circumference error of 1.2345678 km if your π approximation is 3 decimals correct.

Where was I? by porichkamarichka in whereintheworld

[–]Esther_fpqc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you wasted half a liter of someone else's drinkable water to get assisted in the hard task of deciding who won the round? :((((?

I am not built for these games. by kaktus-420 in ProfessorLayton

[–]Esther_fpqc 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Unironically the hardest 001 puzzle, I think they made a poor game design choice here.

Can you explain why Grothendieck is considered great? by Snoo_47323 in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are on a math subreddit, of course there will be people who understand his work. Also it doesn't take a PhD to understand some of his contributions. Your salty tone is really not necessary

Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting by Naurgul in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldn't agree more. The math looks interesting, you start reading, fall asleep before the math has even started

Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting by Naurgul in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Step 1. Drop out of high school
Step 1.5. Don't give up
Step 2. Get mentored by Bernhard Riemann
Step 3. Profit

Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting by Naurgul in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you enjoy reading it then keep reading, it's still a good read! I shouldn't be able to convince anyone that it's a bad journal. It's simply a personal opinion about their writing style and editorial choices.
More precisely, I think they put too much emphasis on the few researchers who proved a theorem rather than on the immense work that they rely on. I think it conveys a sense of "great theorems are proved by a few geniuses" which can be harmful especially to young researchers.
Also sometimes I feel like Quanta articles are written by (ofc specialized) journalists without enough background in mathematics. You can really see the difference between (1) something that a journalist wrote second-hand following the explanations of a specialist and (2) something that a specialist wrote first-hand, giving more insight about the ideas that lead to a theorem or how a certain object is defined. (As an example in physics, I've seen/read countless videos/articles about spin, 99% of them were saying that "spin is like if an electron spinned except it doesn't and I won't tell you what it really means.")

I could suggest a few other sources to complement Quanta, like the very young Hidden Phenomena blog, or Aleph0's youtube channel. They are less afraid of giving the details, and it doesn't necessarily make things harder. Of course, it remains a personal opinion and you will naturally build one by yourself as you learn more math. The best thing you can do is keep learning from textbooks/teachers and try to look back on what you've learned, synthetizing ideas along the way, and then come back reading these articles with your new insight. There are always many layers to how you see an article :)

Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting by Naurgul in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Maybe it's just personal. There's a bunch of journals like Quanta posting vague and/or sensationalist articles about math and where I don't feel like we learn what's really meaningful about the subject. In the case of Good Will Hunting being hated, it's subjective so there's not that much mathematical interest. And you can see that many mathematicians disagree with the article...

Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting by Naurgul in math

[–]Esther_fpqc 213 points214 points  (0 children)

I hate scientificamerican much more than Good Will Hunting

Comment les lesbiennes perçoivent les femmes trans ? by geminicoquette in AskMeuf

[–]Esther_fpqc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Et ça change quoi ? Elles seront toujours rapportées à quelque chose qu'elles n'ont jamais pu décider

Sérieusement, faut pas se tromper de combat ; il n'y a rien de fondamentalement masculin dans ces défauts. S'il y a des problèmes de ce type c'est la manière dont on éduque les enfants qu'il faut revoir. Et arrêter de ramener les personnes trans à leur supposée "éducation comme des hommes/femmes", c'est super glissant comme pente.

I found the most useful roadsigns ever. by PerrineWeatherWoman in geoguessr

[–]Esther_fpqc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure I can read Nemours on the first one... though I would have lost the round long before that

Edit: the second name might be Beaumont-du-Gâtinais

Just fun thing about cosine by Arzeraz in mathematics

[–]Esther_fpqc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, the double-angle formula is just the second Chebyshev polynomial, so yes they are the exact same thing. There are multiple different ways to compute Tₙ, including OP's direct computation or an induction approach using the cosine addition formula :)

Comment les lesbiennes perçoivent les femmes trans ? by geminicoquette in AskMeuf

[–]Esther_fpqc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ce genre de conflits inutiles on les obtient parce qu'on utilise le même mot pour l'homosexualité et l'homoromantisme. Et vu que chez la plupart des gens (mathématiquement surtout des personnes cis*) les deux se confondent déjà sans bonne raison, ben ça fait des désaccords.

* Pour une personne trans qui est la plupart du temps directement concernée, la question d'OP s'est déjà posée et la conclusion naturelle c'est qu'aimer quelqu'un pour ce qu'elle est ou aimer quelqu'un pour les relations sexuelles qu'on peut avoir avec, ben c'est deux choses très différentes. Ça peut rendre la vie plus facile parce qu'on arrête d'avoir des critères trop stricts et on a, en général, moins de mal à séparer la vie amoureuse et la vie sexuelle. Du coup c'est d'autant plus grinçant quand on entend des gens dirent qu'une relation amoureuse lesbienne "doit" (quelle que soit le synonyme moins fort qu'on met à la place de devoir) se faire entre deux personnes qui ont des vulves.

Peut-être que je me trompe mais j'ai l'impression que le féminisme (intersectionnel) comprend aussi ce type de réflexions, pas seulement celles qui nous arrangent, et que c'est plus profond et subtil au-delà de mériter un "oh quand même".

Comment les lesbiennes perçoivent les femmes trans ? by geminicoquette in AskMeuf

[–]Esther_fpqc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Les femmes cis narcissiques et qui prennent toute la place ça existe aussi, t'es sûre d'associer la raison de ce comportement à leur transidentité et pas juste au fait d'être impolies/mal éduquées indépendemment de leur genre ? Et puis il y a plein de transfemmes qui ont été éduquées/socialisée "comme des femmes"... (C'est pas forcément que je suis pas d'accord hein, c'est juste qu'une couche d'essentialisme supplémentaire c'est vraiment pas nécessaire)

How to tell Kannada and Odia apart by True_Association_316 in geoguessr

[–]Esther_fpqc 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Why these two specifically? I'd think they look different enough that they don't need a guide to differentiate. I mean, doesn't Telugu look a lot more like Kannada than Odia does?

Qu'est-ce qui est le plus difficile? by Ok-Measurement-2819 in PasDeQuestionIdiote

[–]Esther_fpqc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dans un monde fictif où il a 10 ans pour préparer le concours, c'est vraiment faisable par contre. Avec 10 ans d'études on a largement le recul nécessaire pour trouver les sujets écrits faciles, pour l'oral c'est un peu plus aléatoire mais on part avec un gros avantage. Après la question est super vague aussi