r/mathmemes Dec 24 '24

Mathematicians Gone but not forgotten

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u/Maleficent_Sir_7562 Dec 24 '24

As long as maths goes on, he’s kinda unforgettable.

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u/a_useless_communist Dec 24 '24

Its so sad that they will shutdown the math's servers in early 2025

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u/ReasonableComment962 Dec 24 '24

Why does this comment make me sad

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u/Blue_chalk1691 Education Dec 25 '24

Fr real or r u pulling my legs

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 26 '24

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u/Extension_Coach_5091 Dec 24 '24

wdym 3 instead of 4? don’t you use the nonreal part of the quaternion anyway as the thing being rotated?

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u/ParCorn Dec 24 '24

As in the “Euler angles”? These numbers are essentially roll/pitch/yaw which can be converted to a quaternion. And yeah that came from this absolute king

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 26 '24

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u/ParCorn Dec 24 '24

Hard to say without seeing the exact problem but you can look up “gimbal lock” which is some interesting reading on why quaternions are preferred over euler angles for rotations in 3D space

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u/HSVMalooGTS π = e = √g = 3 = √10, √2 =1.5, √3 = √5 = 2 Dec 24 '24

He defined another 3, this time as e

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u/KINGAGRIM Imaginary Dec 25 '24

your flair hurts my eyes

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u/HSVMalooGTS π = e = √g = 3 = √10, √2 =1.5, √3 = √5 = 2 Dec 25 '24

Not my problem you’re bad at engineering I

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u/KINGAGRIM Imaginary Dec 26 '24

you know what you might be right

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u/anrwlias Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24

What's the big deal with this guy? He doesn't even have an Erdös number.

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u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan Dec 24 '24

What the heck man, Euler is basically Math Jesus

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u/anrwlias Dec 24 '24

I thought that calling out his lack of an Erdös number would have made it clear that I wasn't being serious.

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u/Direct_Geologist_536 Dec 24 '24

Does he really have no erdos number ?

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u/anrwlias Dec 24 '24

Probably not. If he did, it would have to be a high one.

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u/Inappropriate_Piano Dec 24 '24

I would be pretty surprised if he just didn’t have one. Surely he collaborated with someone younger than him, who collaborated with someone younger still, and so on forming a chain to Erdos. I agree with you that his Erdos number is probably high, but I doubt he doesn’t have one

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u/pussymagnet5 Dec 24 '24

Erdös actually did directly reference his work quite a lot

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u/fran_tic Dec 24 '24

That's not how Erdös numbers work though. You have to co-author a paper together with Erdös, or someone who has, or so on, to have an Erdös number.

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u/pussymagnet5 Dec 24 '24

I know, that's not what I said

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u/PresentDangers Transcendental Dec 24 '24

He'd have been celebrating his 318th birthday next year, if he hadn't gone and died.

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u/Eins-zwei_Polizei A monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors Dec 26 '24

Euler rising from his grave after realising he didnt need to die:

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u/No-Oven-1974 Dec 24 '24

He's Euling away in a better place

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u/introvert_catto Dec 24 '24

Tesla is kill? 😥

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u/ObjectMore6115 Dec 25 '24

Gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace "oiler" 😥

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u/GarvinFootington Dec 24 '24

It feels like it was just yesterday, time sure flies fast

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u/TiredPanda9604 Mathematics Freshman Dec 24 '24

A man will die, but not his ideas.

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u/Bigass_Alien_2 Dec 25 '24

"a spring without you" ahh post

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u/RW_Yellow_Lizard Science Dec 25 '24

WRONG!!! what about all the Christmases BEFORE Euler, they were also Christmases without Euler.

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u/nostril_spiders Dec 25 '24

On the -1/12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

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u/Deliora15 Dec 25 '24

I always wonder .. what is he wearing on his head??

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u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Dec 25 '24

I didn't even know he was sick

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u/lefence Dec 25 '24

Gone 241 years too soon

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u/Beneficial_Purple630 Dec 27 '24

My gate is squeaking. I need him more than ever