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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

You can go read the Wikipedia article if you want to understand "that" part... I guess, idk, go fuck yourself!!!

Some YouTube math video about lambda calculus, the asshole casually said "you can check the Wikipedia article" on an aspect that didn't fit inside his 10-minute video. As if Wikipedia didn't frustrate even professional mathematicians themselves, with the obtuse exposition and a thousand notations and citations.

Fortunately, there are other math educators on YouTube.
On the topic of lambda calculus, search for this title:
PLUS times PLUS

It's wild stuff! It's as if like math is like a shirt, and lambda calculus pulls one arm inside out, there are some weird logical seams in math when you use different tools with the same numbers.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

Missing off the top of my head:

  • proof by duration: it’s been working for so long, why change it now?
  • proof by populism: it’s served so many people well
  • proof by gaslighting: technically speaking Trump won 3 presidential elections in a row
  • proof by marriage: I’m married to Usha Vance and we have kids, how could I possibly be gay?
  • proof by omission: there’s no proof he’s a criminal, he never release his tax records
  • proof by silence:
  • proof by flooding the zone: nobody is talking about that anymore
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"The proof is left as an exercise for the reader" is my fave

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 26 points 1 week ago

My favorite math joke to this day is:

How many math professors does it take to change a lightbulb?

The answer is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

Very funny, Fermat.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

Proof is left as an exercise for the reader: I forgot the proof in undergrad and so will you

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

I've found the equation that can calculate anything in the universe. A = f(x), where f(x) is the equation for the specific thing you want to calculate, you just have to put it in.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 week ago

Lack of space was Fermat's excuse for not proving his last theorem.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Physics also has the proof by "experiment says so, therefore we just add in some constant to make the equation work"

[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

It was revealed to me in a dream

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If I invented RSA encryption the essay and proof would be RSA encrypted with keys not provided.

[–] waigl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Proof by break: Before the break: "We will proof this theorem after a short break", After the break: "As we have proven before the break…"
Proof by unavailable literature: The prrof can be found in a publication only available by in-person request in one library of one university in Brno, Czechia. That closed 30 years ago.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

This is the answer to anyone asking

"Why is that funny?"

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

important repository of similar content here. Thank you University of Utah.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Excellent content, thanks for sharing. I enjoy tormenting my friend with a constant drip feed of nerdy jokes, so I'm always looking for more to add to my supply (lest they learn that I do not actually have an infinite supply of them)

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The fediverse's favorite is proof by shaming: Asking for proof means you're a bad person who doesn't deserve proof.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Be aware of proofs by people in social networks

[–] rImITywR@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A proof is a proof. What kind of proof? Its a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, its because its proven.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The second and third are at least related

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the proof by aliens...

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Proof by proof: the bread rose therefore…

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, does anyone know if this visual style is some kind of PowerPoint template? I've seen slides with a similar aesthetic before.

[–] knolord@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's just standard LaTeX beamer, used by many math and CS professors (and sometimes even by undergrads, due to formatting requirements).