I have no idea what this is lol

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Some nerd sniping math bait that someone posted (and I got sniped).

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Oh the apple, pineapple, banana equation? My equation-solving powers only gets far enough to need two more equations to solve them, I never learned well that trick with the matrix

          • RNAi [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Huh, and how do you decipher the lenght of the numbers? I used to really like math

            • emizeko [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              there's a link in the thread that goes through the solution but I don't have it on hand

            • emizeko [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-find-the-positive-integer-solutions-to-frac-x-y+z-+-frac-y-z+x-+-frac-z-x+y-4

              found it

              • RNAi [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                a very fascinating diophantine equation

                alright I wasn't that much interested anyways.

                Why the fuck every math wikipeida article is so fucking indecipherable, like c'mon dumb it down dammit.

                Edit: turns out diophantine means "polinomial"

                • emizeko [they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  think it's a specific type of polynomial (two or more unknowns and integer solutions) but I just learned the word, so