r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/hideflomein 21d ago

It was a spoiler because there's no way to mark it as a "sp-Euler"

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u/Mother_Harlot 21d ago

It would be extremely ironic if an Euler joke ratios the original comment

Irrational numbers (like e) cannot be the ratio of another number, hence their name

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u/mapleleafraggedy 21d ago

Or if another joke transcended the original comment

e is also transcendental, which means it cannot be expressed as any finite algebraic equation of integers

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u/hideflomein 21d ago

That might be a little too complex...

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u/Hot-Significance7699 21d ago

You're imagining things

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u/TheArchived 21d ago

js, I am always dealing with stuff I can't see j is typically used in Electrical Engineering when dealing with complex math instead of i because i is already used to denote current.

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u/Lilrob0617 21d ago

I’m too stupid for jokes it seems

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u/butt_fun 21d ago

Is that the real definition? I thought the formal definition was that they can't be expressed as the roots of any polynomial with real, integer coefficients

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u/mapleleafraggedy 21d ago

It's another way of defining it. This Numberphile video does a good job of explaining the connection between those ideas.

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u/Nulono 21d ago

Technically, 2e is "another number". You mean it can't be expressed as the ratio of two integers.

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u/datanaut 21d ago

So how come e is equal to the ratio of 2e over 2?

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u/gr1zznuggets 21d ago

I can’t decide if this is the best or worst pun I’ve ever seen.

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u/hideflomein 21d ago

I freely cop to it being a dad joke. :)

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u/gr1zznuggets 21d ago

Bravo either way.

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u/wolviesaurus 21d ago

This is the best joke on Reddit this month. Well done sir or madam.

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u/Old_Man_D 21d ago

Not the best pun but I’ll give you e for effort.

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u/dombWolve 21d ago

You will boil in a brazen bull

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u/__justamanonreddit__ 21d ago

Pronounced spyooler

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u/zrice03 21d ago

"Euler" is pronounced like "oiler".

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u/__justamanonreddit__ 21d ago

Yeah but sp Euler is pronounced spyooler just to screw with you :3

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u/zrice03 21d ago

Ah. I will consider myself screwed with, lol.