i feel like i just read an official shitpost. great read. language gap pog

Hello. I'm a mathematician and I just can't let it slip. That's not a formula, that's a ecuation.
I had to create an account when I read that and I just remembered I can already post a comment.

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Hello. I'm a mathematician and I just can't let it slip. That's not a formula, that's a ecuation.

Isn't an equation just a particular kind of formula?

last edited at May 16, 2024 3:50AM

Koveras posted:

Hello. I'm a mathematician and I just can't let it slip. That's not a formula, that's a ecuation.

Isn't an equation just a particular kind of formula?

More the other way around. Formulae are, generally, equations that express a value that you want to find (i.e., single-variable unknown) in terms of other variables. While you might get some people who would call the example in the comic a formula, since it's not being used to find a specific value or variable but instead is here specifically to describe a set of curves, I don't think most people would.

last edited at May 16, 2024 4:55PM

perfect. no notes.

Ooof, I just learned that Thomas Edison married a 16 y/o girl and now the encounter with that guy just got a lot darker in retrospect.