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minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·15 days agoMath really is a language. Cuz i cannot understand a word of that footnote.
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·15 days agoIt says, ‘Better known for other work’. In case you don’t know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski#Bombings
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoThat’s not the part of the foot note i was referring to.
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·15 days agoThen I think you’re misusing the word footnote.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-215 days agoHa! I was. Thank you. D’oh But my point about math still stands lol
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoI think the main reason it’s hard to understand is it’s missing context that’s not important to the joke: whatever n is in this context…
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 days agoThen maybe you were referring to the part above the footnote, which is called the text ☝️🤓
minus-squarewaigl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 days agoThat’s the whole footnote, though.
minus-squareɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 days agoWell, of course. If you’re not an expert, it’s pretty much impossible to understand an out-of-context passage from a more technical or abstract paper.
minus-squareaffenlehrer@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 days agoI understand that there’s a two digit solution if a three digit solution exists but not for which problem and why that’s relevant or interesting for anything. Also, I keep confusing the Unabomber with the Killdozer guy…
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoUnibomber killed a bunch of kids in a daycare.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoHere’s the whole page for a bit more context Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27643011
Math really is a language.
Cuz i cannot understand a word of that footnote.
It says, ‘Better known for other work’. In case you don’t know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski#Bombings
That’s not the part of the foot note i was referring to.
Then I think you’re misusing the word footnote.
Ha! I was. Thank you.
D’oh
But my point about math still stands lol
I think the main reason it’s hard to understand is it’s missing context that’s not important to the joke: whatever
nis in this context…Then maybe you were referring to the part above the footnote, which is called the text ☝️🤓
It’s not a big deal
That’s the whole footnote, though.
Well, of course. If you’re not an expert, it’s pretty much impossible to understand an out-of-context passage from a more technical or abstract paper.
I understand that there’s a two digit solution if a three digit solution exists but not for which problem and why that’s relevant or interesting for anything.
Also, I keep confusing the Unabomber with the Killdozer guy…
Unibomber killed a bunch of kids in a daycare.Here’s the whole page for a bit more context
Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27643011
Absolutely