▲ 1124 ▼ This community only exists because the shower is one of the last places left where it’s still uncomfortable to use a smartphone. (lemm.ee) submitted 3 years ago by XX03@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SomeOtherUsername@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 3 years ago (1 child) This dude literally understood infinity in the shower... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Discola@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) After finishing up calculus and differential equations taking real analysis was a trip! Basically opening up the box that is calculus and seeing why taking the derivative of a function means dropping the exponent and so much more. It frequently dealt with infinity and we went from writing long equations to solving word problems involving infinite doors. It was great permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeOtherUsername@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago Limits are cool 😁 They open the door to all the 20th century maths and physics. I still don't understand how infinity is treated to get the result that the sum of all natural numbers is -1/12 though. That must use some different definitions, but I'm not sure what. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Discola@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) After finishing up calculus and differential equations taking real analysis was a trip! Basically opening up the box that is calculus and seeing why taking the derivative of a function means dropping the exponent and so much more. It frequently dealt with infinity and we went from writing long equations to solving word problems involving infinite doors. It was great permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeOtherUsername@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago Limits are cool 😁 They open the door to all the 20th century maths and physics. I still don't understand how infinity is treated to get the result that the sum of all natural numbers is -1/12 though. That must use some different definitions, but I'm not sure what. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeOtherUsername@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 years ago Limits are cool 😁 They open the door to all the 20th century maths and physics. I still don't understand how infinity is treated to get the result that the sum of all natural numbers is -1/12 though. That must use some different definitions, but I'm not sure what. permalink fedilink source parent
