Mar 14, 2023
The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort
I'm over here banging on my mathematical drum again. I left a comment on the article bc I got overexcited about the Greeks and Newton again.
#math yay!#the calculus#gimme that sweet area under a curve#I wonder how many people know that although Descartes said that I think therefore I am mumbojumbo he also developed#algebra and coordinate graphs#he was kind of a dick#can I make a pun here about “sum”#cogito ergo sum is I think therefore I am#sum is I am in Latin and summing in English is addition#I think therefore I sum#nah#It doesn't work like for a French person one egg is un oeuf#therefore this pun has failed#Q.E.D#If you don't like algebra take comfort that the Queen of Sweden asked Rene to tutor her in his ideas about love#and he wanted to teach her algebra and mechanical philosophy#she loved the ancient greeks#the few lessons took place at 5 am in her draghty cold ass castle#they didn't like each other#he got pneumonia and died#COME TEACH ME ABOUT LOVE MON CHERE!#Well if you look at this parabolic curve on this graph . . .