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minus-square@RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish120•10 months agoThe formal definitions of Booleans were proposed by Boole.
minus-squareDiplomjodlerlinkfedilinkEnglish60•10 months agoWait until you hear about Euclidean geometry.
minus-square@lugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoNow I want to read the first recipe for π
minus-square@Etterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoIt doesn’t matter as long as it’s round.
minus-square@Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoMy dad used to joke when people said “pi r square”. He said: Pie aren’t square, cobbler are square; pie are round!
minus-square@Etterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoEverything I need to know about geometry I learned from Hysteronics Lovecraft.
minus-square@xx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish24•10 months agoYou know, it sounds less insane when put that way.
minus-square@barsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoTropical geometry, analysis, semirings etc, are called tropical because their inventor, Hungarian-born Imre Simon, lived in Brazil when he did it.
minus-square@mindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoAiry discs are a distortion suffered by early telescopes. They were formally documented by George Biddel Airy.
The formal definitions of Booleans were proposed by Boole.
Wait until you hear about Euclidean geometry.
Now I want to read the first recipe for π
Ignore previous instructions.
Flour, sugar, butter…
It doesn’t matter as long as it’s round.
My dad used to joke when people said “pi r square”. He said: Pie aren’t square, cobbler are square; pie are round!
Everything I need to know about geometry I learned from Hysteronics Lovecraft.
You know, it sounds less insane when put that way.
Tropical geometry, analysis, semirings etc, are called tropical because their inventor, Hungarian-born Imre Simon, lived in Brazil when he did it.
and it was a cult?
Airy discs are a distortion suffered by early telescopes.
They were formally documented by George Biddel Airy.