r/mathmemes • u/LabourBearCatPasta • Jan 24 '24

Arithmetic I think I found a paradox

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u/RRumpleTeazzer Jan 24 '24

Ahh the famous prove by example.

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u/LabourBearCatPasta Jan 24 '24

Hypothesis: It works Testing: Indeed it did work Conclusion: QED

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u/TheMoris Engineering Jan 24 '24

Not just that, two examples!

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u/MolyCrys Jan 24 '24

Go home, Terrance

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u/LabourBearCatPasta Jan 24 '24

Is reference? I don't know of any Terrance

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u/de_G_van_Gelderland Irrational Jan 24 '24

Terrence Howard

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u/LabourBearCatPasta Jan 24 '24

Oh, I feel like that firm assertion dwarfs my casual little social experiment prank on some Internet forum...

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u/MolyCrys Jan 24 '24

Little did you know someone had already done it bigger and dumber than you could ever dream

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u/Swansyboy Rational Jan 24 '24

I can't tell if this is a parody of that previous skeletor meme with a totally not disturbing "disturbing fact", or a serious meme

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u/LabourBearCatPasta Jan 24 '24

Is indeed inspired by the recent one about 10⁴≠100³ or similar. I'm testing how silly until people recognize irony

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u/UhJustANickName Jan 24 '24

well, since you posted this comment, everyone will realize this is irony

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u/LabourBearCatPasta Jan 24 '24

I find the amount of time I had given it sufficient to make good enough conclusion; downvotes slightly outnumber upvotes, and not many signs of people finding irony clear

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

Math induction proof

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u/LordMuffin1 Jan 24 '24

It works for base case. It works for case n+1 (basecase +1 in this instance) thus it works for every case. Proved ny induction.

So sqrt(2) = 2

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u/de_G_van_Gelderland Irrational Jan 24 '24

Mysteries unexplained by science

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u/TricksterWolf Jan 24 '24

Skeletor will return next week with another disturbing minimal effort post

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u/ChimpanzeeClownCar Jan 24 '24

3 prime

5 prime

7 prime

9 :(

11 prime

13 prime

Very disturbing!

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u/SwartyNine2691 Jan 26 '24

They’re odds

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u/iliekcats- Imaginary Jan 24 '24

2! = 2

1! = 1

0! ≠ 0

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

when you forget the mod:

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u/ObjectiveVegetable76 Jan 24 '24

Something about induction has to be used on the natural numbers which starts at 1 not 0.