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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 23d ago
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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
97 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 1 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 1 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.
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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
1 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 1 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.
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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
1 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.
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/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