Ahahaha! Because the closest thing we had to a wedding theme was “I dunno, what if I stamped a bunch of brightly colored dots on the invitations?,” I suggested a Venn diagram as a wedding cake topper: two circles of fondant shaded together where they overlap, representing our separate selves and where we come together.
The Fella just… looked at me. Hard. With his “are you really bringing math into this?” look.
Steph+6
But that’s a cute idea! Math belongs everywhere, in my books.
mckinleaf+7
This sentence works well without the comma, too
AmazingSandwich+2
I love that idea!
alejoalene+5
This is great and also a fantastic opportunity to tell everyone to go read Norton Juster’s The Dot and the Line, A Romance in Lower Mathematics, which is one of The Best Things.
large_marge+5
I love when I get to use my math degree on the internet!
Brunhildenburg+9
I love it when I get to use mine anywhere!
logicbutton+17
Sometimes my friends ask me math questions and act like I’m doing them a favor.
Brunhildenburg+2
I know so many contractors (I have an unholy love for dive bars) that ask me to help them with things and it makes me so happy!
Steph+4
Utter perfection.
RoseCamelia+1
Math Toasties, I need your help. I think exclusively in words, so I am stumped for a graphic/visual representation of this phrase “more than one”, as in “there is more than one correct answer” as a universal theme. Yeah, I know >1 is “greater than one” but that’s not the concept at all. Ideas?
highfivesforall+2
2+ ?
Steph+2
Sets are indicated with curly braces, so would something like {…} work? It implies that there’s a bunch of stuff (like correct answers) in the set, and is sort of vague enough that there’s lots of room for interpretation/manipulation. What do you need this for? I’m sort of stumped for a universal representation but maybe some more context would help.
RoseCamelia+1
I like how that looks. Thanks.
The context is my liberation from an unhappy childhood. I was raised to believe there was only, ever, one correct answer, no matter what the question or situation. And my dad had that sole answer. It had much to do with Christian fundamentalism, but more about his narcissism. It was my job to work out or guess that sole correct response. Mistakes were punished. As an adult I decided “there is more than one correct answer” and it is the most important concept I have ever encountered. It is responsible for any emotional health I have ever had. I would like a visual representation of it but, as I said, my thoughts occur only in words.
logicbutton+1
∃n>1
is the best I can think of without more context.
logicbutton+2
Disregard my earlier comment.
| A | > 1
where A is the set of answers. Read as “the cardinality of A is greater than one.”
RoseCamelia+1
Thanks for your help. The context is my liberation from an unhappy childhood. I was raised to believe there was only, ever, one correct answer, no matter what the question or situation. And my dad had that sole answer. It had much to do with Christian fundamentalism, but more about his narcissism. It was my job to work out or guess that sole correct response. Mistakes were punished. As an adult I decided “there is more than one correct answer” and it is the most important concept I have ever encountered. It is responsible for any emotional health I have ever had. I would like a visual representation of it but, as I said, my thoughts occur only in words.
The Backson
Super late to the game, but I think a good way to represent this would be to take the “there exists a unique” symbol (i.e. ∃!) and put a slash through it. As in, there does not exist a unique answer to any question. To wit: ∀x ∄! y s.t. Q(x)=y Where Q is asking, x is the question, and y is an answer. i.e. for any question x there does not exist a unique answer y such that asking x always gives you y.
Toft+15
Endlessly Talkative Party Guest: pA(for all B, a /in A => a /in B) Descartes: pA(∃ x such that pA(x) => ∃ A) Solipsist: pA(~∃ B) Confusing Crush: pA(pB(|A intersect B| > |B-A|) AND pA(|A intersect B| > |A-B|)) Always be a Lisa, never a Ralph: pR(L U R = L intersect R) AND |L-R| >> |L U R| Taking to the Sea: pA(pB(B contains A)) => pA(B intersect A is empty)
Steph+3
<3<3<3 for mathiness and a Moomin name/avatar. SWOON.
Toft+2
Hooray! I’m glad that Moomintroll is an element of both of our sets of interests.
I actually cheated a little bit when making my avatar: it’s a picture of Toffle rather than Toft. But they look very similar, and I think they are the same type of little animal, i.e. both Toffles. One thing that I love about the books is how it’s hard to tell whether someone’s moniker is their name or their species.
Ahahaha! Because the closest thing we had to a wedding theme was “I dunno, what if I stamped a bunch of brightly colored dots on the invitations?,” I suggested a Venn diagram as a wedding cake topper: two circles of fondant shaded together where they overlap, representing our separate selves and where we come together.
The Fella just… looked at me. Hard. With his “are you really bringing math into this?” look.
But that’s a cute idea! Math belongs everywhere, in my books.
This sentence works well without the comma, too
I love that idea!
This is great and also a fantastic opportunity to tell everyone to go read Norton Juster’s The Dot and the Line, A Romance in Lower Mathematics, which is one of The Best Things.
I love when I get to use my math degree on the internet!
I love it when I get to use mine anywhere!
Sometimes my friends ask me math questions and act like I’m doing them a favor.
I know so many contractors (I have an unholy love for dive bars) that ask me to help them with things and it makes me so happy!
Utter perfection.
Math Toasties, I need your help. I think exclusively in words, so I am stumped for a graphic/visual representation of this phrase “more than one”, as in “there is more than one correct answer” as a universal theme. Yeah, I know >1 is “greater than one” but that’s not the concept at all. Ideas?
2+ ?
Sets are indicated with curly braces, so would something like {…} work? It implies that there’s a bunch of stuff (like correct answers) in the set, and is sort of vague enough that there’s lots of room for interpretation/manipulation. What do you need this for? I’m sort of stumped for a universal representation but maybe some more context would help.
I like how that looks. Thanks.
The context is my liberation from an unhappy childhood. I was raised to believe there was only, ever, one correct answer, no matter what the question or situation. And my dad had that sole answer. It had much to do with Christian fundamentalism, but more about his narcissism. It was my job to work out or guess that sole correct response. Mistakes were punished. As an adult I decided “there is more than one correct answer” and it is the most important concept I have ever encountered. It is responsible for any emotional health I have ever had. I would like a visual representation of it but, as I said, my thoughts occur only in words.
∃n>1
is the best I can think of without more context.
Disregard my earlier comment.
| A | > 1
where A is the set of answers. Read as “the cardinality of A is greater than one.”
Thanks for your help. The context is my liberation from an unhappy childhood. I was raised to believe there was only, ever, one correct answer, no matter what the question or situation. And my dad had that sole answer. It had much to do with Christian fundamentalism, but more about his narcissism. It was my job to work out or guess that sole correct response. Mistakes were punished. As an adult I decided “there is more than one correct answer” and it is the most important concept I have ever encountered. It is responsible for any emotional health I have ever had. I would like a visual representation of it but, as I said, my thoughts occur only in words.
Super late to the game, but I think a good way to represent this would be to take the “there exists a unique” symbol (i.e. ∃!) and put a slash through it. As in, there does not exist a unique answer to any question. To wit:
∀x ∄! y s.t. Q(x)=y
Where Q is asking, x is the question, and y is an answer.
i.e. for any question x there does not exist a unique answer y such that asking x always gives you y.
Endlessly Talkative Party Guest: pA(for all B, a /in A => a /in B)
Descartes: pA(∃ x such that pA(x) => ∃ A)
Solipsist: pA(~∃ B)
Confusing Crush: pA(pB(|A intersect B| > |B-A|) AND pA(|A intersect B| > |A-B|))
Always be a Lisa, never a Ralph: pR(L U R = L intersect R) AND |L-R| >> |L U R|
Taking to the Sea: pA(pB(B contains A)) => pA(B intersect A is empty)
<3<3<3 for mathiness and a Moomin name/avatar. SWOON.
Hooray! I’m glad that Moomintroll is an element of both of our sets of interests.
I actually cheated a little bit when making my avatar: it’s a picture of Toffle rather than Toft. But they look very similar, and I think they are the same type of little animal, i.e. both Toffles. One thing that I love about the books is how it’s hard to tell whether someone’s moniker is their name or their species.
also: little blue and little yellow, cutest story about paint blobs evar
OMG the crush one.
This sentence works well without the comma, too