I was looking through old photos and I found this drawing I made of y u no guy in algebra. ah good times.
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Made this cover for my calc notebook… awwww yeah!
I approve of this.
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I am having a math argument with my brother.
It is involving pi and tau and Euler’s identity.
WE ARE SUCH NERDS.
Let’s talk about infinity.
I feel like it deserves its own post, which is long overdue considering it has been half of my username since I began tumblr. But getting past that…
∞ <—This is the symbol for infinity. In mathematics, it refers to a quantity without bounds or an end. We often treat it like a number (you know this if you’ve taken calculus), but it’s not. It’s more of an abstract, an idea, a theory that numbers go on forever. Which makes sense because no one can say what the “biggest number” is. All you have to do is add to that number. Then add to that number, and so on.
The funny thing is that there isn’t just one kind of infinity. Some infinities are bigger than others. That statement by itself doesn’t make much sense, but here’s an example that might make it more clear.
How many natural numbers are there? (A natural number is a positive integer: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) The answer should be obvious, right? Infinity. Okay, now how many real numbers are there? (A real number is any number between positive and negative infinity. Sorry I brought up infinity here but you get the point. 0, 1/3, and π are all examples of real numbers.) The answer should also be obvious: infinity. But lets think about this.
The natural numbers make up a very small fraction of all possible real numbers, but both are infinite. This must mean that the number of natural numbers is smaller than the number of real numbers. One of the infinities is bigger than the other one.
Maybe that makes sense to you, maybe it doesn’t. That’s okay. Either way, it’s pretty incredible that those two are still the smallest kinds of countable infinity. There are other infinities that are even infiniter, haha. So take a moment to appreciate infinity in all its glorious wonder!
This has been a nerdy post brought to you by Kayla.
The function y=|x| is continuous, but not differentiable at x=0, because it makes a 90 degree turn there. Would it be possible to construct a function which iscontinuous, but differentiable nowhere? Bolzano’s function is an example of such a curve. The animation shows how it is created by repeating a certain step, then zooms in to show it is infinitely detailed. Jaggy on all scales
:D
yay calculussssss
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Givens: ‘Knowledge is power,’ and ‘Time is money.’
By the laws of physics, Power=Work/Time. Rearranged, that gives Time=Work/Power.
Substituting knowledge for power and time for money gives Money=Work/Knowledge.
Therefore, for a fixed amount of work, the more you know, the less money you make.
"text from my brother
If John Green thought Vihart was starting to make him excited about math, I wonder what my Sierpizza Triangle will do to his excitement!
O.o
How has the universe not exploded??
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excuse me what this is fantastic i think my brain just melted
fucking genius
this is so awesome i was like hypnotized
i like this.
Will you marry me
I think I’m in love.
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