Me to the tattoo artist: "show your work"
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This proof is a banger, but I have a proof that the eqation x^n + y^n = z^n has no integer solutions for n > 2 on my buttocks
Unfortunately I can't share it with you, as there might be british people on this website.
Actually, currently all the Lemmy instances are blocking the UK because of the new porn law. So you are safe.
I haven't yet. I'm waiting to see if the UK can/will do anything to non-UK sites that don't comply.
Oh, that's hilarious.
Oh, you mean... there are currently more Argentines than british on lemmy? Escucharon muchachos? Ganamos*
Las LemVinas son suyas!
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Does that mean reddit.uk is gone now?
(It's also why I thought "buy European" being hosted there was dumb, especially post Brexit)
You're wrong.
Source: British not using VPN... Well, not for Lemmy, anyhow.
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Formatting is wild there my dawg. Fermat's sufficiently recognisable tho' that I know what it meant to say
The proof is actually pretty simple but the character limit on my instance is too small to contain it
I think Lemmy is beyond the eyes of the law. At least, hopefully.
Andrew Wiles has taken offense.
Pythagoras is at least something I regularly use in day to day life.
I can't even understand the math on the right, so I'm going with Pythagoras here
I'mma be honest with you guys, I don't get either. And none of the maths either.
Left is basic algebra/geometry that allows anyone to find a basic square angle. It's used daily in construction. You can learn how to use it today by searching "345 triangle"
Super useful for anyone, even meatheads like me.
find a basic square angle
I still don't get it, doesn't a square have four 90 degree angles? I'm probably misunderstanding, I've never done any sort of calculations in English ever. I'll Google.
Oh, sorry. I meant making a square angle on a surface. Super important in construction
Can't make an actual square if you don't start "square". Might be different in your language
Just direct them to the "Pythagorean equation"?
Already said I'm a meathead
I just got off a 10 hour shift pulling gross floor out of a surgery recovery. Give me a break.
Give you a break? You deserve the entire evening and even night off of work!
The sum of the squares of the two short sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the long side. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
You know, oddly enough, my old ass math deficient brain recognizes the explanation and its application, but not the name or expression. Props to my educators, I might not know all the details, but I can still utilize the principles.
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Pythagorean theorem
Left is the Pythagorean equation. Pretty simple, basic equation that's easy to use and apply.
Right is an elegant mathematical proof, so a little more "attractive" if you like maths I suppose. 😄
For anyone else that needs the reminder, the one on the right is Euler's formula.
It’s amazing how much a visualization can help to explain
Like I had to take a few higher level math classes in college since I majored in comp sci, and the difference between a professor just writing notation on a board and rambling for an hour vs a professor explaining application and using visuals to explain was such a wild difference in the quality of classes
More specifically, the power series proof of Euler's identity.
Oh sweet! That's the magic that makes rotations work intuitively in Blender and game engines! :D
... Still can't say I understand it but I sure am grateful!
I thought the magic that makes rotations work intuitively in games was quaternions.
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How are they illustrated so perfectly?
My guess is some sort of printed template was used.
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Listen, Pythagoras gives us the hands down best way to tell intelligent life visiting earth that we're intelligent. Drawing a right triangle and marking the sides with 3 dots, 4 dots, and 5 dots immediately demonstrates that we are a sapient species that has developed mathematics with no need for a device or language. Of course, we're all carrying devices these days, so maybe that's no longer relevant.
If we ever do met intelligent alien life, there's no guarantee such a thing will make any sense to them.
I mean, for one, they may not have eyes to see your drawing among a million other likely faulty assumptions in your scenario.
But if they evolved to be right triangles with their sides marked by three dots, four dots, and five dots, then the message will be spot on.
If they can't "see", then how would they every travel intersimensionally? Seriously, they've have some form of sight sense, even if it's braille.
And the point is that math is indeed universal. The ratio of a triangle will never change. And again, if you're a space fairing civilization,you'd have figured out triangles. You're confusing differences in culture with basic rules of the universe. It'd be like saying "what if they don't know what gravity is?" like they just somehow float around because they're ignorant of the laws of gravity.
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Have you read Anathema?
The romantic fantasy novel?
Girl on the right has the kind of ink I'm actually a little shocked nobody I've slept with has had. Though my ex wanted Euler's formula as a tattoo.
They both pale in comparison to the Grover’s Algorithm tramp stamp that your mom has.
I've had thoughts about math formula cheat sheet tattoos while in school
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