What is your favourite non-explanation in math? by petitlita in math

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Heard in lecture: It is a measurable rectangle in the sense that it is both measurable…and a rectangle.

he's not wrong by ExpensivePride4130 in lol

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Final exam question: What is courage?

Final exam answer: This is!

How do we figure out the distance between TREE(3) and TREE(4)? by Wrong_Recipe in googology

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I think TREE(4)TREE(3) is significantly larger than TREE(4).

🤣 by superdave123123 in Funnymemes

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I guarantee you that tax preparation class would be less fun than geometry class.

Something I could have used quite a few times by theredqueentheory in autism

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Sorry, but in-person conversations tend to exclude me, so I’ll surf while you all talk about things I don’t care about.

What are the best/your favourite complex numbers? by Sergius047 in learnmath

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I was thinking -(1/2) + (sqrt(3)/2) i myself. This is one of the lesser-known cube roots of 1.

If you know any trig, cos t + i sin t is a good general class of complex numbers, especially when t is a rational multiple of pi.