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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

Numerical approximation Memes

Posts tagged with Numerical approximation

Numerical Discrimination

Math Academia Science
9 months ago 56.4K views 0 shares
Numerical Discrimination
When your math problem has a nice clean radical like √x? Mathematicians swoon and call it an "exact solution" despite it being just as approximate as anything else when you calculate it numerically. But dare to present an arbitrary polynomial or trig function as an "exact solution" and suddenly you're getting desperate calls to HR! The hypocrisy! It's mathematical discrimination at its finest—where √2 gets the red carpet treatment while sin(π/7) gets treated like it showed up to a black-tie event wearing sweatpants. Both are irrational numbers that need approximation in practice, but only one gets the mathematical seal of approval!

Blessed 8: When Simple Numbers Need Complicated Origins

Math Science Academia
1 year ago 38.0K views 0 shares
Blessed 8: When Simple Numbers Need Complicated Origins
Oh look, a mathematical "shortcut" that's about as practical as using a space shuttle to grab milk from the corner store! The formula divides the digits 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 by 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 to get 8.000000729... Because apparently saying "8" is too mainstream. Next up: calculating π by measuring the circumference of your pizza with your shoelace divided by how many times you've questioned your life choices today. Mathematicians: making simple things unnecessarily complicated since Pythagoras couldn't just walk around the triangle.

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