heh heh heh heh

MrDudeMan

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no...but teh lamers will argue it equals .999... not 0!!! oh noes!!! wtf we must suck at teh calculus even though it is the foundation of advanced math and it says .999... = 1 ahhh

(trying to go along with the madness, im not really this stupid, and for the record, .999... = 1. if you dont believe that, go read a calculus 1 book)
 

aplefka

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Originally posted by: Chemist
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
2 + 2 = 5

for large values of two

Radiohead or random?

I think it's true actually. I had only heard of it on Radiohead then I saw it on some math forum. Can anyone shed light on the whole @ + @ = 5 thing?
 

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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: Chemist
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
2 + 2 = 5

for large values of two

Radiohead or random?

I think it's true actually. I had only heard of it on Radiohead then I saw it on some math forum. Can anyone shed light on the whole @ + @ = 5 thing?

I actually have a shirt that I wear occasionally on dress-down fridays that says "2 + 2 = 5 For very large values of 2"

It'd have been better if the back of the shirt also said "and small values of 5"
 

aplefka

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I'm only in Algebra 2, and I just started it. I don't know the whole 0! thing, only that =! means is not (or I think it does).
 

aplefka

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Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Toki
Originally posted by: aplefka
well, if 1 = .9 (by way of 1/3=.3, 2/3=.6, 3/3=.9) then if .9 = 0, 1 = 0.

1/3!=.3

It does if you only have 1 sig fig.

Sig figs exist in higher math too? I thought it was only in chemistry and I figured I'd be done with it now that I'm done with chem. :(
 

vtqanh

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: Chemist
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
2 + 2 = 5

for large values of two

Radiohead or random?

I think it's true actually. I had only heard of it on Radiohead then I saw it on some math forum. Can anyone shed light on the whole @ + @ = 5 thing?

I actually have a shirt that I wear occasionally on dress-down fridays that says "2 + 2 = 5 For very large values of 2"

It'd have been better if the back of the shirt also said "and small values of 5"

:laugh:
 

imported_Chemist

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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Toki
Originally posted by: aplefka
well, if 1 = .9 (by way of 1/3=.3, 2/3=.6, 3/3=.9) then if .9 = 0, 1 = 0.

1/3!=.3

It does if you only have 1 sig fig.

Sig figs exist in higher math too? I thought it was only in chemistry and I figured I'd be done with it now that I'm done with chem. :(

Sig Figs generally do not apply to mathematics.
 

Chaotic42

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Originally posted by: aplefka
I'm only in Algebra 2, and I just started it. I don't know the whole 0! thing, only that =! means is not (or I think it does).

It means factorial.

n!=1*2*3*4*...*(n-1)*n

So 4!=1*2*3*4=24
 

pennylane

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: aplefka
I'm only in Algebra 2, and I just started it. I don't know the whole 0! thing, only that =! means is not (or I think it does).

It means factorial.

n!=1*2*3*4*...*(n-1)*n

So 4!=1*2*3*4=24

And 0! =1 by definition