You’re thinking of the fourier series
Comment on Algebraically, right?
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’m no mathematician but isn’t the number to the left of big sigma supposed to be 4, to show it’s a series of 4?
Gustephan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kazumara@feddit.de 10 months ago
No, it’s a normal multiplication by 3, and it makes sense.
3 times the sum expands to: 3 * 1/4 + 3 * 1/16 + 3 * 1/64 + 3 * 1/256 + …
Which is essentially what the picture shows: The main meme is three quarters, the fourth quarter being the inset of the sub meme, which is made up of three sixteenths of whole pictures and the fourth sixteenth is made up of the next layer of inset meme etc.