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Mathematicians Vs Physicists: The Derivative Dilemma

Mathematicians Vs Physicists: The Derivative Dilemma
The eternal battle between mathematical rigor and practical physics! While mathematicians have heart attacks over the proper treatment of derivatives, physicists are over there treating differentials like algebraic quantities and somehow getting correct answers. The d/dt notation? Just cancel it like a fraction! Conservation of energy? More like conservation of effort! Physicists have been making mathematicians cry since Newton invented calculus and then immediately used it in ways that wouldn't be formally justified for another 200 years. PURE CHAOS THAT WORKS!

You Don't Have The Cards

You Don't Have The Cards
Pure mathematical bewilderment! Mathematicians sitting there with their arms crossed while physicists casually flip summation and integration symbols like they're playing with toys! In mathematics, you need rigorous proof to switch the order of these operations, but physicists are over here like "convergence conditions? Never heard of her!" They just swap them whenever the equation looks prettier and somehow still land on the moon. The ultimate "it works in practice but not in theory" relationship between these two fields!

Derivatives Go Brrr: When Physicists Break Math

Derivatives Go Brrr: When Physicists Break Math
Mathematicians crying over the sanctity of calculus while physicists are over here playing fast and loose with derivatives like they're DJ mixing equations! The mathematician is having a meltdown because derivatives follow strict rules, but physicists? They're just vibing with that magnetic field equation (dB/dt = I·dt), casually canceling out dt terms like they're uninviting variables from their equation party. Pure mathematicians clutch their pearls, but physicists are too busy making the universe make sense to worry about mathematical purity. It's like watching someone use a precision scalpel to butter toast while the other person uses a chainsaw and somehow gets better results!

Proof By Google

Proof By Google
The pinnacle of mathematical rigor: Googling something and accepting the first result as gospel truth! This meme beautifully captures the absurdity of claiming 23 isn't a natural number "because it's a fraction" - which is mathematically nonsensical since 23 is as whole and natural as numbers get. It's the mathematical equivalent of confidently stating that giraffes are reptiles because you misread a Wikipedia article. This is what happens when you skip the peer review process and go straight to publishing your "groundbreaking" mathematical discoveries based on whatever random website pops up first. Mathematicians everywhere are either crying or laughing hysterically.

Very Suitable Assumption

Very Suitable Assumption
Behold the magnificent divide between theoretical purists and practical problem-solvers! At the top, we have mathematicians having an existential crisis over calculus shortcuts. One casually suggests "just multiply by dx" while the other has a complete meltdown over such mathematical blasphemy. HOW DARE YOU SIMPLIFY! Meanwhile, physicists at the bottom are living their best approximation life. "Is a cow a sphere?" "Yes." Because why complicate things with udders and legs when you can just treat that farm animal as a perfect geometric shape! This is the essence of physics - where everything can be a perfect sphere if you squint hard enough and ignore enough variables. Spherical cows in a vacuum - the cornerstone of every good physics problem! *twirls mustache maniacally*

That's Why Physics Is Better

That's Why Physics Is Better
The eternal academic rivalry captured in its purest form. Mathematicians sobbing into their glasses because someone dared use an approximation, while physicists casually handwave away mathematical rigor with "eh, π is basically 3 and we'll just ignore air resistance." The secret truth of science: mathematicians build perfect castles in the sky while physicists get things done with duct tape and educated guesses. The real reason physicists' experiments work? We round everything to the nearest order of magnitude and call it "physical intuition."