- 01101000_01101001 ( @01101000_01101001@mander.xyz ) English17•7 months ago
+C
Thought about making shirts with that printed on the front during first year calculus.
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English14•7 months ago
I don’t get it. What is the progression in this supposed to be?
- magic_lobster_party ( @magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ) 24•7 months ago
My interpretation is that Jon starts talking about how division by 0 is not possible. Garfield then goes on about how we can use limits to assign values to such expressions, which we can use to calculate derivatives. I guess Garfield starts to question whether dy/dx really exists after all this.
Jon then changes the subject to be about integrals, which Garfield is immediately annoyed about the missing +C.
It’s super funny.
- Great Blue Heron ( @GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca ) English2•7 months ago
Is the +C “new”? I have a B.Sc majoring in mathematics. Now I graduated over 30 years ago and I never used much that I leaned in my degree during my career - so I couldn’t differentiate or integrate to save my life today. But, the equations at least look familiar. The +C does not.
- fristislurper ( @fristislurper@feddit.nl ) English7•7 months ago
Definitely not new. However, in many practical applications you can sorta kinda ignore it (but definitely not all!).
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English2•7 months ago
Haha thanks for the explanation :) Actually figuring out that Jon cannot hear Garfields thoughts and that Garfield is always a step ahead of him made it much easier to understand