OpenStars comments on And forgot it when waking up

submitted 2 months ago by mmmm@sopuli.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 18 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Um, actually... I think the square root operation takes precedence over the division.

[–] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Psst that's the joke, that the math does not work out in the second one :)

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Eh, bad math aside they're left with √=√ which is true.

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 16 points 2 months ago

And true = 1 hence √ = 1, I'm glad we figured this out!!

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

It's not an operation. OP is working with a field where {√, 2} is a subset of that field's elements.

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago

In that case... carry on then!

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