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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Gabriel's horn Memes

Posts tagged with Gabriel's horn

Fractal Fashion On The Fairway

Math Science
1 month ago 5.6K views 0 shares
Fractal Fashion On The Fairway
Mathematical paradoxes in the wild. The left guy represents Gabriel's Horn - that mind-bending shape with infinite surface area you could theoretically fill with a finite amount of paint. Meanwhile, the right guy in those spectacular pants is basically a Koch snowflake prism - infinitely detailed edges but still a 3D object you could hold. Just two mathematicians casually breaking reality on the golf course. Their fashion choices are inversely proportional to the complexity of the concepts they represent.

A Cake You Can Eat, But Cannot Frost

Math Science Academia
4 months ago 7.8K views 0 shares
A Cake You Can Eat, But Cannot Frost
The mathematician's wedding cake is literally Gabriel's Horn—a mathematical paradox that has finite volume but infinite surface area. So good luck with that frosting job. You'd need an infinite amount of buttercream but somehow only a finite amount of cake. Typical mathematician, creating problems no one can solve just to watch people suffer. The equation even mocks you: V = π∑(1/n²) = π²/6. Finite volume, infinite despair.

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