Zero was introduced conceptually by Jesus
Fucking what m8
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 months ago
- Cursing you with knowledge
- Blessing you with ignorance (warning: comically horrendous)
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ow
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
“Wait, why is the second one bad, just another Wikipedia article on algebra. Sure funny joke oh wait that’s not Wikipedia”
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you can believe it, that’s relatively tame for their coverage of mathematics.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
The article on zero is just nuts hahaha
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I mean, the algebra article itself doesn’t seem terrible, just somewhat wrong, but with what seems to be a somewhat ok explanation of how equations work
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is what a competent encyclopedic treatment of algebra looks like by comparison. The other algebra article fucks up from the jump, because the goal of an encyclopedic treatment of algebra is not to teach someone the mechanics of solving a handful of elementary algebra problems (you can as a small aid, but making it nearly the entire article is failing the assignment completely).
It’s to cover what algebra is, its various subfields, its history, its applications, its relationships to other parts of math, etc. Covering algebra encyclopedically by offering a mediocre Algebra I tutorial is like covering internal combustion engines encyclopedically by making the entire article a short guide on how to change the oil in your car; it’s asinine.