5SpeedDeasil@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoRandom internet people explaining math better then math teacheri.imgur.comimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up11.41Karrow-down155
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1imageRandom internet people explaining math better then math teacheri.imgur.com5SpeedDeasil@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·2 years agoThese scary large math symbols aren’t scary at all and easily explained. The scary parts of maths lie elsewhere. They are discrete, nonlinear or high dimensional and sometimes even the numbers are complex… Or worse.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoQuaternions are the closest you’ll ever get to lovecraftian horror in real life.
minus-squarevacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWhat’s so scary about hypercomplex numbers exactly?
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 years agoLet’s start with how their equation was originally carved into a stone bridge by a crazy mathematician in a fit of madness.
minus-squaresweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWHAT ok now I’m interested
These scary large math symbols aren’t scary at all and easily explained. The scary parts of maths lie elsewhere. They are discrete, nonlinear or high dimensional and sometimes even the numbers are complex… Or worse.
Quaternions are the closest you’ll ever get to lovecraftian horror in real life.
What’s so scary about hypercomplex numbers exactly?
Let’s start with how their equation was originally carved into a stone bridge by a crazy mathematician in a fit of madness.
WHAT ok now I’m interested
True story!