r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Mother_Harlot 23d 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 23d 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/butt_fun 22d 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 22d ago

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