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c/science_memes · by ultrahamster64@lemmy.world · 214d

there is another

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fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 91 pts · 214d

Don’t be so positive.

SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 72 pts · 214d (4 replies)

"Sorry, I wasn't taught the negative multiplication table"

OpenStars@piefed.social · 54 pts · 214d (3 replies)

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ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 214d (2 replies)

I never knew Yoda was such an accomplished mathematician...

OpenStars@piefed.social · 18 pts · 214d (1 reply)

Tbf it can sometimes be difficult to understand him

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grissino@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 214d

Clever

dynamoMaus@feddit.org · 45 pts · 214d (4 replies)

You just spoke the "|" in "|X| = 3" silent.

Ziglin@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 214d (3 replies)

That additionally would imply an uncountably infinite set of complex solutions.

FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 214d (2 replies)

Why assume the solution is in the complex numbers, and not in

  • the real numbers (2 solutions)
  • the algebraic numbers (countably many)
  • the natural numbers (1 solution)
  • the complex surreal numbers (proper-class many)

Gotta use some context to interpret these things :)

Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 214d (1 reply)

Well it's not physics. Show 'em what happens when you don't specify those kinds of things.

FishFace@piefed.social · 1 pts · 214d

I don't think teachers need to specify that answers should be in the largest class of numbers students have been introduced to so far at school :)

If students are smart and motivated enough to learn about other stuff outside of school, they're smart enough to interpret the question.

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 214d (4 replies)

My group theory teacher:

"Always two, there are [except in the degenerate case where a = 0]."

xia@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 214d (2 replies)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_zero

Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 15 pts · 214d

"Minus zero" redirects here; not to be confused with Godzilla Minus Zero.

Well thanks Wikipedia!

somtwo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 214d

What are you, IEEE floating point? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

Edit: actually read the negative zero article and saw IEEE floating point mentioned.... kinda kills the joke

OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 214d

You dare speak of the degeneracy!? 🤪

xia@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 214d

It's so unnatural...

zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 214d (1 reply)

Another, there is*

psud@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 209d

Unless you want to quote the movie

mech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 214d

X^4-6^ were better.

Fleur_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 213d

The dark side of multiplication leads to many powers the Jedi consider unnatural

Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 214d
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