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| Anonymous #1109539 4 months ago |
ITS LIKE WEVE INVENTED A WHOLE NEW FIELD OF MATH! |
| JP #1109547 4 months ago |
The answer is always pony. |
| Cotton_Meadow #1109594 4 months ago |
I feel there's a 42 missing in there somewhere... |
| dudemang #1109608 4 months ago |
What is 'pony'? When is it ever defined in explicit, derivable terms? What is the Pinkie Pie function? Where are the rigorous proofs for these?
It's cute, but it's also pretty vague, as a result. </taking-this-too-seriously> |
| mathprofbrony #1109835 4 months ago |
'SUP DONKEYS, I heard maths.
Let's see what we've got here. e^(i*pony)=1? That would mean that pony = two pies. (Yum!) But WHAT IS THIS LOG HORSE-APPLE? You foal! Don't you know that the principal branch of the log function has a branch cut discontinuity on the negative real line?!? |
| mathprofbrony #1109847 4 months ago |
(Less mad-scientist-ey)
Of course, you're right that pony could also equal 0, which is another solution. It's also a solution to the equation of your last line, because "non-negative" includes 0. Remember that cos and sin are periodic. Thus also solutions: four pies, eighty-two pies, and even negative two pies (your tab is overdue at Cupcake Corner). Thank you, please continue enjoying your pony math. May I suggest investigation of whether ponies found in finite fields are happier than those in infinite fields? |
| Nightweaver20xx #1109852 4 months ago |
But Pinkie already divides by zero. |
| Takino #1109957 4 months ago |
You should totally get this polished up and published. |
| Aranarth #1110178 4 months ago |
dudemang,
<seriously mode> I have started from this: http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/145195 http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/145196 Sorry, I should to cite them first. There is also definition of “Pinkie Pie” expression in second link – it just somepony`s joke, but I like it :D </seriously mode> mathprofbrony, Initially, your “pies” and “Yum!” totally confused me :D. I needed about two minutes to get what you`re talking about. Is it really English plural form of “pi”? Anyway, it`s absolutely brilliant wordplay, I love this language! I feel mah English has become about 20% cooler :D Did I miss something with natural logarithm? e^x is positive, so logarithm is defined, I suppose. Yeah, also I should wrote: pony >= 0 and <= pie/2. And you gave very interesting explanation of negative pie and suggestion about fields :D Nightweaver20xx, Yes it (or she) is, but when you multiply it by zero, zeros are cancelled (I know, it crazy, my math analysis teacher would have killed me :D) Takino, I do? I am? Thanks, everypony! |
| mathprofbrony #1110388 4 months ago |
Heya Aranarth. Your logarithm is fine. I was just running with the joke.
There isn't really an English plural for the Greek letter pi. I was just making a pun on the plural for the baked pies. Zeros don't cancel when you divide, though. 0/0 is an indefinite form. Perhaps Pinkie is a special case. L'Pinkie's Rule? |
| Takino #1112286 4 months ago |
That Pinkie is an indefinite form would explain some of the things she can do. |
| dudemang #1116476 4 months ago |
The Pinkie function is entirely unreliable. I mean, you can somehow arrive at Matilda from 2 + 2 + 2. It just doesn't adhere to mathematical rigor. |