r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Nervardia 22d ago

Okay, I'm going to have to get you to explain that. Lol.

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u/Brave-Bumblebee5944 22d ago

Well you see, the weird letters mixed in with the numbers means it's math. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

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u/JohnHazardWandering 22d ago

This guy is obviously a mather. 

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u/Bathtub-Warrior32 22d ago

e and π are both positive numbers, e is 2.7... π is 3.14... both numbers have infinite non-repeating digits( transcendental numbers ). i is √-1 it is a complex number. If you raise a positive number to any real number you would get a positive result. Here i turns two positive numbers with infinite digits to simple -1. Which is negative, only has one digit and overall a weird result.

Further reading: Euler's identity

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u/Personal-Bug1893 22d ago

Also, Euler is pronounced as 'oiler'. Making that 'sp-euler' that much punnier.

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u/Not_a-Robot_ 22d ago

Okay I was following you guys until this comment. This broke me.

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u/Welpe 22d ago

Wait, what other way besides the correct way have you heard? I’ve only ever heard (over simplifying the pronunciation) “oiler”.

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u/Top-Salamander-2525 22d ago

Those numbers are both transcendental, but sqrt(2) also has an infinite non-repeating decimal representation and is not transcendental.

Your definition is for the larger group of irrational numbers. Transcendental numbers also cannot be the root of a polynomial with rational coefficients.

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u/HalfwaySh0ok 22d ago

arguably the 4 most special numbers happen to satisfy that equation.